A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:28:42 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/20 / 2020-05-25 01:28:42 / May 25, 2020 @ 1:28 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70009psk. Unique identifier: us70009psk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.4987 East, latitude 34.3352 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-three 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SSW of Ierapetra, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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