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| UTC time | ?? |
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| ISC event | |
| USGS-ANSS | |
| Date * | 1 July 2009 |
| Local date | |
| Local time | |
| Magnitude | 6.4 Mw [1] 6.6 Mb [2] |
| Depth | 19 km (11.8 mi) [1] |
| Epicenter | 34°14′25″N25°28′40″E / 34.24028°N 25.47778°E Coordinates: 34°14′25″N25°28′40″E / 34.24028°N 25.47778°E |
| Areas affected | Greece Island of Crete |
| Total damage | minor |
| Tsunami | no |
| Casualties | none reported |
| * Deprecated | See documentation. |
The 2009 Crete earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.4 on 1 July off the southern coast of the Island of Crete, Greece, at 12:30:09 local time. [1] The shock was felt as far away as Cairo, Egypt, [3] although it was not felt in Athens. [4] The quake was felt quite sharply in Lasithi prefecture, and throughout the Heraklion Prefecture. [5] There were a number of smaller earthquakes in the region in the three days preceding the quake, and there was a very small tsunami on the south coast of Crete on the day preceding the quake. [5]
The moment magnitude scale is a measure of n earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment, expressed in terms of the familiar magnitudes of the original "Richter" magnitude scale.
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete, one of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065.
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, historically also known as Hellas, is a country located in Southern and Southeast Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2016. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.
The quake occurred along the plate boundary where the African Plate is pushing north and under the Aegean Sea Plate, causing the Hellenic Trench and subduction zone. [6]