A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:44:08 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 06:44:08 / October 26, 2018 @ 6:44 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hhfr. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhfr. Exact location, longitude 20.5358° East, latitude 37.4834° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 36 km SW of Lithakia, Greece.
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