A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Id of earthquake: us1000hs2u. Event ids that are associated: us1000hs2u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:09:25 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 09:09:25 / November 15, 2018 @ 9:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.7088 East, latitude 37.4762 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Filiatrá.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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