A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 25.5624 East, latitude 34.2235 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:23:38 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000a04k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a04k. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 14:23:38 / May 27, 2020 @ 2:23 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece.
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