A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Nidri in Greece. Unique identifier: us10003z6k. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003z6k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.53 km (16 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:24:45 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.516° East, 38.6541° North, depth 25.53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 01:24:45 / November 18, 2015 @ 1:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mesolóngi, Agrínio, Áyios Konstandínos. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km WSW of Nidri, Greece.
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