A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Dhervenion in Greece. Global time and date of event 06/02/20 / 2020-02-06 18:06:56 / February 6, 2020 @ 6:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:06:56 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 18.08 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 18.08 km, 22.3626° East, 38.0053° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70007k3a. Event ids that are associated: us70007k3a.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mégara (c. 23 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Néa Péramos, Amaliáda, Mesolóngi (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Dhervenion, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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