A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece. Id of earthquake: us20007ehj. Event ids that are associated: us20007ehj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 05:55:06 / October 16, 2016 @ 5:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:55:06 / 8:55 am (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 20.644 East, latitude 39.8453 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bilisht, Kastoriá, Siátista (min 5000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 16 km NNW of Rodotopion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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