A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us1000htfa. Event ids that are associated: us1000htfa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:18:02 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 05:18:02 / November 18, 2018 @ 5:18 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.5257° East, 37.4695° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Argostólion. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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