A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 01:32:05 / October 16, 2016 @ 1:32 am. The temblor was reported at 04:32:05 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20007eg6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007eg6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6096 East, latitude 39.8073 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 52 km (32 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poliçan, Kastoriá, Bilisht (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NW of Rodotopion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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