A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Neochorion in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 20:22:23 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 21.4757° East, 39.2456° North, depth 20.88 km. Id of earthquake: us100030fy. Event ids that are associated: us100030fy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.88 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 17:22:23 / August 8, 2015 @ 5:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambelón, Elassóna, Grevená. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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