A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Unique identifier: us1000hhc6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhc6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:23:11 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.8634 East, latitude 37.5396 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:23:11 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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