A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 15:33:26 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000hhzx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhzx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.493 East, latitude 37.3128 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 14:33:26 / October 27, 2018 @ 2:33 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Amaliáda, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 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 twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 SW of Lithakia, Greece.
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