A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Lixoúri in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxpu. Unique identifier: us6000mxpu. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.287 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 10:48:35 / May 10, 2024 @ 10:48 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:48:35 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.287 km, 20.2663° East, 38.1273° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gastoúni, Lefkáda, Zákynthos (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. 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: 17 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece.
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