A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.127 km (31 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 06:30:30 / December 28, 2024 @ 6:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000piwe. Id of event: us6000piwe. Exact location of event, longitude 23.6534 East, latitude 34.943 North, depth = 50.127 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:30 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rethymno, Chaniá, Soúda (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 32 km S of Palaióchora, Greece.
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