A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lálas in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.8566 East, latitude 37.8166 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000ntq7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntq7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 18:27:43 / September 22, 2024 @ 6:27 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:27:43 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ámfissa, Kalamáta, Náfplio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NE of Lálas, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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