A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Kamarion in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hx8s. Unique identifier: us1000hx8s. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:16:10 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.7287° East, 36.5948° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 23:16:10 / November 27, 2018 @ 11:16 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km SSW of Kamarion, Greece.
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