A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Florina in Greece. Exact location, longitude 21.1991° East, latitude 40.7673° North, depth = 11.29 km. Id of earthquake: us100034eu. Event ids that are associated: us100034eu. Global time and date of event 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 04:25:20 / August 24, 2015 @ 4:25 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.29 km (7 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:25:20 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Përmet, Véroia, Çorovodë. Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Prilep (c. 73 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Struga (c. 37 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km W of Florina, Greece.
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