A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Katastarion in Greece on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 20.3433 East, latitude 37.6983 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:32:54 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hhcb. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhcb. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:32:54 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km WSW of Katastarion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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