A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lefkada in Greece on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000400i. Id of event: us1000400i. Global time and date of event 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 00:41:57 / November 21, 2015 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:41:57 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.4728° East, 38.766° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Igoumenítsa, Agrínio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 21 km WSW of Lefkada, Greece.
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