A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 22:22:13 / October 29, 2018 @ 10:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:22:13 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000his4. Event ids that are associated: us1000his4. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.6106° East, 37.3349° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Argostólion, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 46 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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