A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nidri in Greece. Event id: us10003yxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yxr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 11:57:26 / November 17, 2015 @ 11:57 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:26 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 20.4839 East, latitude 38.7383 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Igoumenítsa, Agrínio (min 5000 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km W of Nidri, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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