A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kamárai in Greece. Event id: us6000d7w3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7w3. 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, 22.0653° East, 38.3921° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 22:56:48 / January 12, 2021 @ 10:56 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:56:48 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Gastoúni, Kórinthos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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