A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 08:05:46 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 26.2056° East, latitude 34.944° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 06:05:46 / April 22, 2020 @ 6:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us700091j3. Ids that are associated to the event: us700091j3.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goúvai, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra. The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 25 km ESE of Makry Gialos, Greece.
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