A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Krikellos in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 17:08:41 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004jl5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004jl5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 21.2368° East, latitude 38.9477° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 15:08:41 / July 13, 2019 @ 3:08 pm.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (56 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovriá, , Palamás (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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