A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Nidri in Greece on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 11:49:48 / November 17, 2015 @ 11:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 13:49:48 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 22.86 km, 20.4311° East, 38.5453° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.86 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yxq. Unique identifier: us10003yxq.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zákynthos, Mesolóngi, Agrínio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 30 km SW of Nidri, Greece.
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