A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes southern Greece kilometers (0 miles) from southern Greece on Friday. The temblor was reported at 23:42:44 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 23:42:44 / June 16, 2017 @ 11:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20009n7d. Event ids that are associated: us20009n7d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.08 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 68.08 km, 22.9868° East, 36.8321° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Náfplio (c. 14 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trípoli, Árgos, Messíni (min 5000 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 five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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