A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sinoikismos Khavarion in Greece on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 23:25:47 / November 6, 2015 @ 11:25 pm. Unique identifier: us10003ven. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003ven. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:25:47 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 21.4447° East, 37.9037° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Filiatrá, Megalópoli. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 8 km NE of Sinoikismos Khavarion, Greece.
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