A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Monday. Id of earthquake: us1000hij7. Event ids that are associated: us1000hij7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.4846 East, latitude 37.2983 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:01:38 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 15:01:38 / October 29, 2018 @ 3:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amaliáda, Pýrgos, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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