A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6099 East, latitude 37.3102 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 07:36:11 / October 26, 2018 @ 7:36 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:36:11 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hhg6. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhg6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eighteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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