A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sinoikismos Khavarion in Greece on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 21.4939 East, latitude 37.9056 North, depth = 13.84 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008inh. Id of event: us70008inh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.84 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/03/20 / 2020-03-30 15:56:39 / March 30, 2020 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:56:39 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Argostólion, Trípoli.
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 11 km ENE of Sinoikismos Khavarion, Greece.
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