A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 14:33:14 / October 30, 2018 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 20.4159 East, latitude 37.2685 North, depth = 9.59 km. Unique identifier: us1000hj0x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hj0x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.59 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:33:14 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Zákynthos. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 61 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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