A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 21:58:59 / October 26, 2018 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:58:59 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhsp. Unique identifier: us1000hhsp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.5829° East, 37.2334° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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