A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Gefyra in Greece. The temblor was reported at 21:07:42 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 19:07:42 / February 17, 2019 @ 7:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 22.9237° East, 36.5054° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jjan. Unique identifier: us2000jjan.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamáta, Spárti.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 22 km SSW of Gefyra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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