A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes southern Greece kilometers (0 miles) from southern Greece on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/06/17 / 2017-06-18 15:23:33 / June 18, 2017 @ 3:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:23:33 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 21.218 East, latitude 37.9902 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20009nfp. Event ids that are associated: us20009nfp.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Aígio, Áyios Konstandínos (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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