A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ithaki in Greece. Event id: us20002vlx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vlx. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:53:31 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 04:53:31 / July 7, 2015 @ 4:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 20.67° East, latitude 38.39° North, depth = 16 km.
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pátra, Ovriá, Paralía (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km NW of Ithaki, Greece.
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