A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 01:59:13 / December 27, 2020 @ 1:59 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d3b2. Id of event: us6000d3b2. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 23.0447° East, 35.2271° North. The temblor was detected at 01:59:13 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mourniés. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km W of Palaióchora, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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