A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Nidri in Greece. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:30:07 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 18:30:07 / November 18, 2015 @ 6:30 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zcl. Id of event: us10003zcl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.1 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.1 km, 20.5977° East, 38.7338° North.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Igoumenítsa, Mesolóngi, Agrínio.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 10 km WNW of Nidri, Greece.
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