A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Kamarai in Greece. The temblor was detected at 03:08:46 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 00:08:46 / October 19, 2016 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.953 East, latitude 38.3766 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20007f7h. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007f7h.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orchomenós, Pýrgos, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNW of Kamarai, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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