A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvvr. Unique identifier: us1000hvvr. Exact location of event, longitude 20.8608 East, latitude 37.7271 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 04:47:03 / November 18, 2018 @ 4:47 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:47:03 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Ovriá, Paralía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 2 km ENE of Lithakia, Greece.
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