A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 68 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece (42 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 27.9031° East, latitude 35.2525° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:51:24 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000504d. Event ids that are associated: us6000504d. Global time and date of event 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 09:51:24 / August 3, 2019 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 struck near.
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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. 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: 68 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece.
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