A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.2801 East, latitude 34.7803 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 09:52:57 / December 12, 2019 @ 9:52 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006qgy. Id of event: us60006qgy. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:52:57 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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