A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Filotion in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 175.07 km (109 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 17:24:21 / September 9, 2016 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:24:21 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 175.07 km, 25.5963° East, 36.896° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ndm. Id of event: us10006ndm.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ermoúpolis (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ermoúpolis, Mykonos, Páros (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km SSE of Filotion, Greece.
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