A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lardos in Greece. The temblor was detected at 01:29:48 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008se3. Unique identifier: us20008se3. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 23:29:48 / March 15, 2017 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.92 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.6151 East, latitude 35.863 North, depth = 16.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ródos, Triánta, Faliraki (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SW of Lardos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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