A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lárdos in Greece on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 28.742° East, latitude 35.5487° North, depth = 40.171 km. Unique identifier: us6000nyvh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyvh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 16:54:23 / October 15, 2024 @ 4:54 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:54:23 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.171 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Faliraki, Afántou, Archángelos (min 5000 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 89 km SE of Lárdos, Greece.
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