A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Skyros in Greece. Id of earthquake: us1000enfu. Event ids that are associated: us1000enfu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/18 / 2018-06-11 14:07:40 / June 11, 2018 @ 2:07 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:07:40 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 24.8696 East, latitude 39.3279 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mýrina. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NNE of Skyros, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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