A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:21:38 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hqsx. Unique identifier: us1000hqsx. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 11:21:38 / November 12, 2018 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 26.3555° East, 35.0188° North, depth 58.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.03 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía. Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km SSE of Palaikastron, Greece.
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