A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Karyes in Greece. Event id: us6000c1xv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c1xv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:16:50 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 24.4607° East, 39.9448° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/20 / 2020-09-27 13:16:50 / September 27, 2020 @ 1:16 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mýrina, Karyes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Karyes (c. 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 39 km SSE of Karyes, Greece.
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