A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i4w1. Id of event: us2000i4w1. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:14:59 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 20.4142 East, latitude 37.5536 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 20:14:59 / October 31, 2018 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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