A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Florina in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 21.2151 East, latitude 40.7712 North, depth = 7.49 km. The temblor was reported at 05:11:51 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 03:11:51 / March 6, 2016 @ 3:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.49 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004vld. Id of event: us10004vld.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Prilep (c. 73 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Struga (c. 37 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Krýa Vrýsi, Çorovodë, Véroia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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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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: 16 km W of Florina, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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