A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Palekastro in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 26.2456 East, latitude 35.5844 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000d6y3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d6y3. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 09/01/21 / 2021-01-09 04:33:54 / January 9, 2021 @ 4:33 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:33:54 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goúvai, Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 six and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km N of Palekastro, Greece.
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