A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 06:49:46 / July 18, 2018 @ 6:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6707 East, latitude 39.8006 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:46 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000g7rj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g7rj.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Korçë, Siátista, Árgos Orestikó. Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (13 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km NNW of Rodotopion, Greece.
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