A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Lixourion in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:20:54 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60009aes. Unique identifier: us60009aes. Global time and date of event 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 07:20:54 / April 23, 2020 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. 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 5.15 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 20.1615 East, latitude 37.9702 North, depth = 5.15 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km SW of Lixourion, Greece.
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