A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mikropolis in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:18:53 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100062r4. Event ids that are associated: us100062r4. Exact location of earthquake, 23.7543° East, 41.1557° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 22:18:53 / July 11, 2016 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Políchni (c. 39 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Smolyan, Bosilovo, Meneméni (min 5000 pop). 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SW of Mikropolis, Greece.
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