A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Kíssamos in Greece. Global time and date of event 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 08:28:24 / July 19, 2024 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:28:24 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 23.4514° East, latitude 35.7573° North, depth = 56.558 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh56. Unique identifier: us6000nh56. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.558 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). 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 Soúda, Mourniés, Chaniá.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 34 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece.
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