A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Methoni in Greece. Event id: us20002vjj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vjj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 21.3763 East, latitude 36.1441 North, depth = 42.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.56 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 21:34:05 / July 6, 2015 @ 9:34 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:05 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýlos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km SSW of Methoni, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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