A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pirgos in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 25.0523 East, latitude 34.2533 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000afkd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000afkd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/17 / 2017-09-04 14:33:55 / September 4, 2017 @ 2:33 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:33:55 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moíres.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km S of Pirgos, Greece.
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