A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Filiatra in Greece. Event id: us6000535k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000535k. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:42 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 21.1584° East, 37.2661° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 21:39:42 / August 9, 2019 @ 9:39 pm. 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.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalamáta, Megalópoli, Messíni (min 5000 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 39 km WNW of Filiatra, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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