A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Katastarion in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 17:44:00 / November 5, 2018 @ 5:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:44:00 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqxi. Id of event: us1000hqxi. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.1697 East, latitude 37.6302 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Zákynthos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 57 km WSW of Katastarion, Greece.
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