A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:15:59 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.5361° East, 37.2982° North, depth 10 km. 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). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 13:15:59 / November 5, 2018 @ 1:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000hqxd. Event ids that are associated: us1000hqxd.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Amaliáda, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 53 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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