A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Gefyra in Greece. The temblor was detected at 00:41:07 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 22:41:07 / May 16, 2018 @ 10:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000e6uv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e6uv. Exact location of earthquake, 22.864° East, 36.4686° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalamáta, Spárti (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 28 km SSW of Gefyra, Greece.
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