A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Lixourion in Greece on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033jz. Id of event: us100033jz. Global time and date of event 20/08/15 / 2015-08-20 02:56:50 / August 20, 2015 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:56:50 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.66 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 20.354° East, latitude 38.138° North, depth = 46.66 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Lefkáda, Zákynthos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km SW of Lixourion, Greece.
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