A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.8156 East, latitude 34.8167 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 20:32:06 / February 11, 2018 @ 8:32 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000d0m5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0m5. The temblor was detected at 22:32:06 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Gázi, Irákleion (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SSE of Ierapetra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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