A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 09:03:29 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a52k. Unique identifier: us6000a52k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 09:03:29 / June 3, 2020 @ 9:03 am. The epicenter was 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). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.9018° East, 34.3537° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siteía, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 74 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece.
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