A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lixourion in Greece. Global time and date of event 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 18:31:49 / July 23, 2016 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.32 km (36 miles). Unique identifier: us20006h4c. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006h4c. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:31:49 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 20.3305 East, latitude 38.3319 North, depth = 57.32 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Préveza, Zákynthos, Lefkáda (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NNW of Lixourion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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