A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pirgos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 22:15:12 / January 3, 2018 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bzie. Unique identifier: us1000bzie. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.0254 East, latitude 34.7551 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:15:12 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rethymno, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SSW of Pirgos, Greece.
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