A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:31:13 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000i6xm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i6xm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6276 East, latitude 37.5219 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 08:31:13 / November 5, 2018 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Zacháro.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. 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: 28 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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