A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3ky. Unique identifier: us1000i3ky. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 21:56:10 / December 1, 2018 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 20.5253° East, latitude 37.5858° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:56:10 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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