A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pirgos in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.3847 East, latitude 34.724 North, depth = 49.08 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.08 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 02:36:42 / October 13, 2017 @ 2:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ar7z. Unique identifier: us1000ar7z. The temblor was picked up at 04:36:42 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siteía, Gázi, Néa Alikarnassós (min 5000 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SE of Pirgos, Greece.
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