A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Astypalaia in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 26.349 East, latitude 36.3834 North, depth = 120.31 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.31 km (75 miles). Global time and date of event 01/11/16 / 2016-11-01 18:58:20 / November 1, 2016 @ 6:58 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:20 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100073j9. Event ids that are associated: us100073j9.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kálymnos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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