A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Moíres in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 24.9403° East, 34.8075° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:21:59 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 08:21:59 / August 7, 2024 @ 8:21 am. 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: us6000niks. Unique identifier: us6000niks.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Rethymno (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 27 km SSE of Moíres, Greece.
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