A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Katastarion in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 15:18:19 / October 29, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 20.4291° East, 37.8114° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:18:19 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i61n. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i61n. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 29 km W of Katastarion, Greece.
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