A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Náfpaktos in Greece on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 20:05:59 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 20:05:59 / June 12, 2024 @ 8:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.361 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000ms0h. Event ids that are associated: us7000ms0h. Exact location, longitude 21.8271° East, latitude 38.4448° North, depth = 11.361 km.
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Livadeiá, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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