A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 12:42:41 / July 13, 2018 @ 12:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g3yw. Id of event: us2000g3yw. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:42:41 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.964 East, latitude 35.0255 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Gázi, Irákleion (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 1 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece.
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