A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 11.36 km, 20.7218° East, 39.744° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 15:47:54 / October 16, 2016 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007elg. Event ids that are associated: us20007elg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.36 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:47:54 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Árgos Orestikó, Siátista, Préveza. Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 3 km N of Rodotopion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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