A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Nidri in Greece on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000404f. Unique identifier: us1000404f. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:17:50 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 16:17:50 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 20.5902 East, latitude 38.7213 North, depth = 10.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Igoumenítsa, Mesolóngi, Agrínio. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 10 km W of Nidri, Greece.
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