A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lardos in Greece on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 28.1775 East, latitude 36.0159 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:30:49 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j898. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j898. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 14:30:49 / January 24, 2019 @ 2:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sarigerme (c. 16 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fethiye, Ortaca, Dalaman (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 16 km ESE of Lardos, Greece.
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