A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Lefkada in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yxv. Unique identifier: us10003yxv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 20.5154° East, 38.7709° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 12:37:56 / November 17, 2015 @ 12:37 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:56 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Igoumenítsa, Agrínio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 17 km WSW of Lefkada, Greece.
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