A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Fira in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, 25.7094° East, 36.5482° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hx95. Event ids that are associated: us1000hx95. The temblor was detected at 01:46:03 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 23:46:03 / November 27, 2018 @ 11:46 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 28 km ENE of Fira, Greece.
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