A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Koroni in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10003xxf. Event ids that are associated: us10003xxf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 22:18:06 / November 12, 2015 @ 10:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 22.1675° East, 36.3932° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:18:06 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Spárti, Messíni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSE of Koroni, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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