A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 08:14:00 / June 23, 2024 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.008 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 24.008 km, 23.5577° East, 35.1019° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:14:00 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mu34. Unique identifier: us7000mu34. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rethymno, Soúda, Chaniá (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 18 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece.
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