A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 13:26:30 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.9914° East, 37.6397° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 11:26:30 / October 26, 2018 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhic. Unique identifier: us1000hhic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mesolóngi, Paralía, Ovriá (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ESE of Lithakia, Greece.
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