A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Gerakarou in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/18 / 2018-06-25 08:21:56 / June 25, 2018 @ 8:21 am. Exact location, longitude 23.3164° East, latitude 40.6453° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f0xl. Unique identifier: us1000f0xl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:21:56 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karyes, Dráma, Gevgelija (min 5000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ENE of Gerakarou, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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