A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Palaiochora in Greece on Friday. Exact location, longitude 24.0896° East, latitude 34.7047° North, depth = 9.62 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ekz8. Unique identifier: us1000ekz8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.62 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 06:04:13 / June 8, 2018 @ 6:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:04:13 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaniá, Soúda, Mourniés.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SSE of Palaiochora, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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