A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Omvriaki in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:01 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.92 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 17:53:01 / September 27, 2016 @ 5:53 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006tar. Unique identifier: us10006tar. Exact location of event, longitude 22.3034 East, latitude 39.045 North, depth = 7.92 km.
Nearby 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 Agrínio, Áyios Konstandínos, Aígio. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel it?
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: 6 km SSE of Omvriaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply