A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:36:21 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 10:36:21 / July 30, 2019 @ 10:36 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004xcs. Unique identifier: us60004xcs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 20.47° East, latitude 37.3439° North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Pýrgos, Amaliáda (min 5000 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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