A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000hq57. Event ids that are associated: us1000hq57. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.3605° East, 37.5233° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 02:31:52 / November 10, 2018 @ 2:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:31:52 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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