A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 20.6974° East, latitude 39.7018° North, depth = 8.39 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/16 / 2016-10-15 21:46:52 / October 15, 2016 @ 9:46 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.39 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007eez. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007eez. The temblor was detected at 00:46:52 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tríkala, Tepelenë, Préveza (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WSW of Rodotopion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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