A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece on Sunday. Global time and date of event 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 00:40:29 / August 16, 2020 @ 12:40 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:40:29 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.75 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 25.8142° East, latitude 34.3367° North, depth = 18.75 km. Unique identifier: us6000bfe2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bfe2.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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