A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.5651 East, latitude 37.5034 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 05:48:37 / October 26, 2018 @ 5:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:48:37 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hhf8. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhf8.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Zacháro. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 33 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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