A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000hp1z. Event ids that are associated: us1000hp1z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/11/18 / 2018-11-07 23:14:05 / November 7, 2018 @ 11:14 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:14:05 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.4394° East, 37.3604° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Argostólion, Gastoúni, Zákynthos (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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