A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Aigion in Greece on Monday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:31:11 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.175 East, latitude 38.4014 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 03:31:11 / November 20, 2017 @ 3:31 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000brp7. Event ids that are associated: us2000brp7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kórinthos, Loutráki, Áyios Konstandínos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 18 km NNE of Aigion, Greece.
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