A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Lagkada in Greece on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7pi. Id of event: us2000d7pi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:21:15 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.71 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 15:21:15 / February 25, 2018 @ 3:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 25.5816° East, 38.574° North, depth 10.71 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Çeşme (c. 21 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Vrontádos (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Çeşme, Chíos, Vrontádos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
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. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 48 km WNW of Lagkada, Greece.
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