A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rion in Greece on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 21.7456° East, 38.3485° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/17 / 2017-01-09 09:53:17 / January 9, 2017 @ 9:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:17 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007s3k. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007s3k.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livadeiá, Zákynthos, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 6 km NNW of Rion, Greece.
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