A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 53 km SSW of Gefyra, Greece (33 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.79 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:54:42 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 04:54:42 / December 20, 2018 @ 4:54 am. Exact location of event, depth 38.79 km, 22.8406° East, 36.2285° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000iv8n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iv8n.
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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 53 km SSW of Gefyra, Greece.
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