A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kefalovryson in Greece on Friday. Exact location, longitude 20.5622° East, latitude 39.8664° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20007fsi. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007fsi. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:54:59 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 01:54:59 / October 21, 2016 @ 1:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Árgos Orestikó, Árta, Korçë (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 48 km (30 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).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km S of Kefalovryson, Greece.
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