A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lardos in Greece on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 02:40:12 / November 25, 2018 @ 2:40 am. Unique identifier: us1000hwa8. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hwa8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 28.4207° East, 35.7917° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:40:12 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ródos, Triánta, Faliraki (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km SE of Lardos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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