A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kardamas in Greece. Id of earthquake: us70003lvi. Event ids that are associated: us70003lvi. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.1642 East, latitude 37.6753 North, depth = 24.69 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.69 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:26:05 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/19 / 2019-05-15 22:26:05 / May 15, 2019 @ 10:26 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Megalópoli, Río, Argostólion. Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
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 seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 18 km SW of Kardamas, Greece.
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