A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Lixourion in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.2923° East, 38.0297° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 00:15:16 / January 4, 2018 @ 12:15 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c0bv. Id of event: us1000c0bv. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:16 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gastoúni, Zákynthos, Argostólion.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SSW of Lixourion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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