A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Global time and date of event 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 15:48:23 / October 31, 2018 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:23 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 20.4907 East, latitude 37.4082 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000i81h. Event ids that are associated: us2000i81h.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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