A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5q8. Id of event: us2000i5q8. The temblor was detected at 03:33:10 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 02:33:10 / November 2, 2018 @ 2:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 20.5767° East, 37.351° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Zacháro. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-six 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 46 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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