A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Neochorion in Greece. Global time and date of event 31/08/18 / 2018-08-31 08:26:21 / August 31, 2018 @ 8:26 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h5x0. Unique identifier: us2000h5x0. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:26:21 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.36 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 21.6997° East, latitude 39.2637° North, depth = 1.36 km.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Grevená, Almyrós, Préveza. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 3 km WSW of Neochorion, Greece.
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