A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.7545 East, latitude 34.473 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000a4w8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a4w8. The temblor was picked up at 05:22:27 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 05:22:27 / June 3, 2020 @ 5:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Siteía, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 59 km S of Ierápetra, Greece.
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