A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Fry in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/20 / 2020-08-31 13:39:29 / August 31, 2020 @ 1:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 27.1222° East, 34.9634° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:39:29 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bhs5. Id of event: us7000bhs5.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siteía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 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 one and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SSE of Fry, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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