A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 12:11:18 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:11 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hhis. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhis. Exact location, longitude 20.4897° East, latitude 37.51° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:11:18 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 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 twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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