A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 18:16:57 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 17:16:57 / November 15, 2018 @ 5:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.3813° East, 37.5409° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hs73. Unique identifier: us1000hs73. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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