A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kato Mazarakion in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 10:00:13 / May 25, 2016 @ 10:00 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.5 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005xs1. Unique identifier: us20005xs1. Exact location of event, depth 23.5 km, 21.5622° East, 37.9772° North. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:00:13 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trípoli, Megalópoli, Kyparissía.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km SW of Kato Mazarakion, Greece.
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