A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 18:56:00 / November 29, 2018 @ 6:56 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:56:00 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.3966° East, 37.6287° North. Id of earthquake: us1000i2tz. Event ids that are associated: us1000i2tz. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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