A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Polichnítos in Greece on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 11:49:05 / October 1, 2024 @ 11:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nhg8. Event ids that are associated: us7000nhg8. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 26.0028° East, 38.9342° North, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:49:05 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aliağa, Ayvacık, Dikili. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Aliağa (c. 44 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mytilíni (c. 28 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Çeşme (c. 21 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Foça (c. 15 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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