A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. Id of earthquake: us1000hhc3. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhc3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.5505° East, 37.5228° North. The temblor was picked up at 01:13:39 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:13:39 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:13 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Zacháro, Pýrgos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 32 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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