A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tympakion in Greece on Sunday. Global time and date of event 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 13:23:38 / April 26, 2020 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 24.6131 East, latitude 34.5862 North, depth = 16.09 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:23:38 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60009cr9. Event ids that are associated: us60009cr9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.09 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gázi, Rethymno, Moíres. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SSW of Tympakion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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