A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Monday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:41:31 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000dqj6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dqj6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 07:41:31 / April 23, 2018 @ 7:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude 20.5361 East, latitude 37.4787 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Zacháro, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 37 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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