A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kamarai in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/17 / 2017-07-15 01:22:05 / July 15, 2017 @ 1:22 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:22:05 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.0398 East, latitude 38.4434 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us20009whe. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009whe.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Orchomenós, Kiáto. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NNE of Kamarai, Greece.
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