A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.672° East, 37.4458° North. The temblor was detected at 17:48:28 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 16:48:28 / October 26, 2018 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000hhls. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhls. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Filiatrá (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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