A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 11:02:28 / March 13, 2018 @ 11:02 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.8154 East, latitude 37.4332 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:02:28 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000d3s9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d3s9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Argostólion, Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía (min 5000 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km S of Lithakia, Greece.
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