A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Monday. The temblor was reported at 06:56:50 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000htt7. Event ids that are associated: us1000htt7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6645 East, latitude 37.4672 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 05:56:50 / November 19, 2018 @ 5:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 31 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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