A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 02:09:30 / October 26, 2018 @ 2:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:09:30 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hhdh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhdh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.5913 East, latitude 37.303 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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