A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 102 km S of Ierápetra, Greece (63 miles). Event id: us6000a025. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a025. The temblor was picked up at 12:29:53 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 25.7711° East, 34.0925° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 12:29:53 / May 19, 2020 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 102 km S of Ierápetra, Greece.
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