A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:01:56 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:01 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:56 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000i5ag. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5ag. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.603° East, 37.4787° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zacháro, Argostólion, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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