A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 26.1117° East, 34.2044° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 06:25:31 / December 7, 2018 @ 6:25 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:25:31 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3zj. Unique identifier: us1000i3zj.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km S of Makry Gialos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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