A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pirgos in Greece. Global time and date of event 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 17:37:19 / January 1, 2020 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 25.0675 East, latitude 34.2543 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:37:19 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070te. Id of event: us700070te.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 83 km S of Pirgos, Greece.
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