A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Katastarion in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 21:43:00 / March 29, 2016 @ 9:43 pm. Event id: us20005d8r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005d8r. Exact location of event, longitude 20.3405 East, latitude 37.7465 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:00 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km WSW of Katastarion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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