A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 74 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece (46 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:34:38 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.9676 East, latitude 35.2353 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007l19. Unique identifier: us60007l19. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 04:34:38 / January 31, 2020 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 74 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece.
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