A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.45 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 19.45 km, 20.4517° East, 37.4452° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 13:18:10 / July 30, 2019 @ 1:18 pm. Unique identifier: us600051un. Ids that are associated to the event: us600051un. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:18:10 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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