A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Katastárion in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 18:32:46 / August 17, 2024 @ 6:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7n2. Unique identifier: us7000n7n2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.814 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:32:46 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.814 km, 20.0054° East, 37.6787° North.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zákynthos, Argostólion. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 68 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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