A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pýrgos in Greece on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:17:43 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrn1. Unique identifier: us7000mrn1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.1423 East, latitude 34.9597 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 06:17:43 / June 11, 2024 @ 6:17 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siteía, Rethymno, Ágios Nikólaos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). 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 four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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