A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nidri in Greece. Exact location, longitude 20.5802° East, latitude 38.7211° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 01:44:22 / December 2, 2015 @ 1:44 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us100042lp. Unique identifier: us100042lp. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:44:22 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Igoumenítsa, Mesolóngi, Agrínio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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