A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:34:30 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 20.6093° East, latitude 37.1492° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000i54d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i54d. Global time and date of event 01/11/18 / 2018-11-01 05:34:30 / November 1, 2018 @ 5:34 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gastoúni, Kyparissía, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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