A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tríkala in Greece on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:07:54 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 22.5969° East, latitude 40.6188° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 02:07:54 / August 10, 2020 @ 2:07 am. Event id: us6000bbp0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bbp0.
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bosilovo, . Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 4 km NE of Tríkala, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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