A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 20.5843° East, latitude 37.3576° 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 14:56:45 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 13:56:45 / October 26, 2018 @ 1:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000hhjs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hhjs.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Zacháro. Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 98 km (61 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 twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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