A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i7vj. Unique identifier: us2000i7vj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.5102 East, latitude 37.4263 North, depth = 10 km. 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). The temblor was reported at 21:22:29 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 20:22:29 / November 6, 2018 @ 8:22 pm.
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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