A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location, longitude 20.5004° East, latitude 37.4163° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:57:41 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hrzs. Id of event: us1000hrzs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 01:57:41 / November 15, 2018 @ 1:57 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 44 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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