A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 25.9501° East, 34.283° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:23:08 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000b42r. Event ids that are associated: us6000b42r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/20 / 2020-07-25 18:23:08 / July 25, 2020 @ 6:23 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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