A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:05:31 / 2:05 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 15.42 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20005d34. Event ids that are associated: us20005d34. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 01:05:31 / March 29, 2016 @ 1:05 am. Exact location of event, longitude 20.1707 East, latitude 37.4893 North, depth = 15.42 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Argostólion, Zákynthos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 63 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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