A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, 20.2437° East, 37.5013° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:05:53 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i6cb. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i6cb. Global time and date of event 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 08:05:53 / November 3, 2018 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gastoúni, Argostólion, Zákynthos.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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