A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 10:13:41 / October 27, 2018 @ 10:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 20.5582 East, latitude 37.2921 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:13:41 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhy2. Unique identifier: us1000hhy2.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Amaliáda, Pýrgos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 53 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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