A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pissoúri in Cyprus on Saturday. 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: us7000nh1l. Unique identifier: us7000nh1l. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.65 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:18:22 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 23:18:22 / September 28, 2024 @ 11:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 40.65 km, 32.6318° East, 34.6707° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dhromolaxia, Lápithos, Nicosia. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mórfou (c. 14 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Léfka (c. 7 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yeri (c. 7 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km W of Pissoúri, Cyprus.
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