A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hi3x. Unique identifier: us1000hi3x. Exact location of event, longitude 20.7092 East, latitude 37.3223 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 23:39:50 / October 27, 2018 @ 11:39 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:50 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Zacháro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 45 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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