A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/20 / 2020-11-24 21:24:40 / November 24, 2020 @ 9:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cs7c. Id of event: us6000cs7c. The temblor was detected at 21:24:40 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 25.5957° East, latitude 34.261° North, depth = 27.05 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.05 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).
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 one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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