A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.5296° East, 37.2374° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 13:13:09 / November 5, 2018 @ 1:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000hqxb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqxb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:13:09 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Zákynthos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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