A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Palekastro in Greece on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/20 / 2020-09-20 06:33:11 / September 20, 2020 @ 6:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c0mq. Unique identifier: us6000c0mq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.5699 East, latitude 34.945 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:33:11 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km SE of Palekastro, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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