A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ouranopolis in Greece on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003083. Unique identifier: us20003083. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.07 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:40:42 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 18:40:42 / July 26, 2015 @ 6:40 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 24.0091° East, 40.4274° North, depth 9.07 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Thessaloníki, Políchni, Néoi Epivátes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NNE of Ouranopolis, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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