A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Pirgos in Greece on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 24.9966° East, latitude 34.4117° North, depth = 42.36 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.36 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: us1000ebkp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ebkp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 21:31:40 / May 24, 2018 @ 9:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:31:40 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Moíres (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 66 km SSW of Pirgos, Greece.
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