A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.4799 East, latitude 37.5951 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 23:25:15 / December 2, 2018 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000i0tb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i0tb. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:25:15 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 33 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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