A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Lardos in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 19:43:31 / July 8, 2018 @ 7:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 28.2543° East, latitude 35.6006° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000fzw4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fzw4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:43:31 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Faliraki, Afántou, Archángelos. Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 58 km SSE of Lardos, Greece.
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