A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Polykastron in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 22.6847° East, 41.012° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 00:33:23 / October 8, 2016 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007cpm. Event ids that are associated: us20007cpm. The temblor was picked up at 03:33:23 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gradsko, Pehčevo, Néa Kallikráteia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ENE of Polykastron, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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