A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Ano Kastritsion in Greece on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:04:01 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044j0. Unique identifier: us100044j0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 02:04:01 / December 7, 2015 @ 2:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, 21.8277° East, 38.256° North, depth 10 km.
Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livadeiá, Lamía, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km SSW of Ano Kastritsion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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