A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i4sq. Unique identifier: us2000i4sq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 18:20:02 / October 31, 2018 @ 6:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.3765° East, 37.4837° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:20:02 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seventy, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 47 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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