A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Agios Kirykos in Greece. Id of earthquake: us6000d4bx. Event ids that are associated: us6000d4bx. Exact location of earthquake, 26.3718° East, 37.6303° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/20 / 2020-12-30 13:40:13 / December 30, 2020 @ 1:40 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:40:13 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kuşadası (c. 63 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Urla (c. 45 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Çeşme (c. 21 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Seferihisar (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vrontádos, Chíos, Urla (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km ENE of Agios Kirykos, Greece.
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