A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.7245 East, latitude 37.3559 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 00:11:58 / November 20, 2018 @ 12:11 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hu7z. Id of event: us1000hu7z. The temblor was detected at 01:11:58 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 41 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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