A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ágios Týchon in Cyprus on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nviy. Event ids that are associated: us7000nviy. The temblor was reported at 21:23:20 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/24 / 2024-12-02 21:23:20 / December 2, 2024 @ 9:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 33.2841 East, latitude 34.4361 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mórfou, Paphos, Léfka (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pergamos (c. 15 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mórfou (c. 14 800 pop).
Each 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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km SSE of Ágios Týchon, Cyprus.
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