A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pýrgos in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 25.0166 East, latitude 34.8916 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 19:07:05 / August 7, 2024 @ 7:07 pm. Unique identifier: us6000niq3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000niq3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:07:05 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rethymno, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece.
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