A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 16:19:11 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hpvk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hpvk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 15:19:11 / November 4, 2018 @ 3:19 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 20.474 East, latitude 37.5722 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 35 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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