A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.4715 East, latitude 37.6488 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:00:05 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 11:00:05 / November 15, 2018 @ 11:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000hs3z. Event ids that are associated: us1000hs3z.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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