A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 13:14:59 / May 22, 2018 @ 1:14 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000ec0q. Event ids that are associated: us1000ec0q. Exact location, longitude 26.6535° East, latitude 34.9363° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:14:59 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía.
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 47 km SE of Palaikastron, Greece.
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