A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.2594 East, latitude 34.5746 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 19:09:50 / December 22, 2024 @ 7:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000p0s7. Event ids that are associated: us7000p0s7. The temblor was reported at 19:09:50 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía, Ierápetra. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 67 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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