A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000i3l0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3l0. The temblor was picked up at 23:06:45 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3017 East, latitude 37.6252 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 22:06:45 / December 1, 2018 @ 10:06 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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