A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Itháki in Greece. Unique identifier: us6000nzfy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzfy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:37:07 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 00:37:07 / October 18, 2024 @ 12:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 50 km, 20.4671° East, 38.5183° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos, Mesolóngi, Árta.
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km NW of Itháki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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