A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pirgos in Greece on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ele. Id of event: us10007ele. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.47 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 38.47 km, 25.0717° East, 34.249° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:58:15 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 13:58:15 / December 3, 2016 @ 1:58 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km S of Pirgos, Greece.
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