A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lefkada in Greece on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z3x. Id of event: us10003z3x. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.517 East, latitude 38.7928 North, depth = 11.48 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 20:52:27 / November 17, 2015 @ 8:52 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.48 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:52:27 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mesolóngi, Igoumenítsa, Agrínio. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 16 km WSW of Lefkada, Greece.
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