A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece. Global time and date of event 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 15:38:06 / July 20, 2024 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.102 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0hk. Id of event: us7000n0hk. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:38:06 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 23.3821° East, latitude 34.9116° North, depth = 8.102 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soúda, Chaniá, Mourniés (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop).
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. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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