A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Karpathos in Greece on Thursday. Global time and date of event 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 00:19:24 / August 22, 2024 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 27.5603° East, 35.6516° North, depth 13.952 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.952 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000n8kt. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8kt. The temblor was detected at 00:19:24 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Afántou, Archángelos.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 35 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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