A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Katastarion in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 16.12 km, 19.8385° East, 37.5745° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005dnw. Unique identifier: us20005dnw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.12 km (10 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 15:38:37 / March 31, 2016 @ 3:38 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:38:37 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos, Argostólion.
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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