A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kamarai in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:49 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). 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: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 01:54:49 / March 6, 2019 @ 1:54 am. Unique identifier: us1000jb2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jb2m. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.93 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude 21.9885° East, latitude 38.3495° North, depth = 39.93 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Orchomenós, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km N of Kamarai, Greece.
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