A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/20 / 2020-07-14 02:31:03 / July 14, 2020 @ 2:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.7261° East, 34.3928° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:31:03 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000asgs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000asgs.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 68 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece.
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