A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Palaiochora in Greece. Unique identifier: us1000f2nk. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f2nk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 20:48:47 / June 26, 2018 @ 8:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 41.12 km, 23.169° East, 35.0912° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.12 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:48:47 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soúda, Chaniá, Mourniés (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 49 km WSW of Palaiochora, Greece.
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