A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Palekastro in Greece. Unique identifier: us6000myqp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000myqp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:42:46 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.244 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 57.244 km, 26.3405° East, 34.5303° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 12:42:46 / May 15, 2024 @ 12:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía, Ierápetra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (48 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 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 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km S of Palekastro, Greece.
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