A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 06:10:07 / October 27, 2018 @ 6:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:10:07 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hhwi. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhwi. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 20.5234° East, 37.4384° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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