A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 07:33:03 / May 4, 2019 @ 7:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70003gms. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003gms. Exact location, longitude 20.6382° East, latitude 37.4596° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 08:33:03 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Pýrgos, Amaliáda. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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