A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3496 East, latitude 37.428 North, depth = 10 km. 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:44:32 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:44 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:44:32 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i5ah. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i5ah.
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eighty-five, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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