A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 14:45:50 / November 16, 2018 @ 2:45 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:45:50 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 20.8587 East, latitude 37.1468 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000hsqa. Event ids that are associated: us1000hsqa.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Amaliáda, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 63 km S of Lithakia, Greece.
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