A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Náfpaktos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 21.8502° East, 38.3391° North. The temblor was reported at 01:49:31 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cfxs. Id of event: us7000cfxs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 01:49:31 / November 17, 2020 @ 1:49 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livadeiá, Kiáto, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
How would you describe the shaking?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSE of Náfpaktos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply