A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. Exact location, longitude 20.5682° East, latitude 37.3303° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:40:50 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). 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). Id of earthquake: us1000hhgk. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhgk. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 08:40:50 / October 26, 2018 @ 8:40 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Filiatrá, Amaliáda, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 48 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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