A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece (63 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 26.2688° East, latitude 34.1516° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 06:09:42 / February 16, 2018 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000d887. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d887. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:09:42 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece.
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