A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 22:19:59 / November 9, 2018 @ 10:19 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Unique identifier: us1000hq21. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hq21. Exact location of event, longitude 20.4167 East, latitude 37.3052 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:59 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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