A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:24:15 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 25.4854° East, latitude 34.3269° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/20 / 2020-10-02 03:24:15 / October 2, 2020 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c6pf. Unique identifier: us6000c6pf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 77 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece.
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