A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ithaki in Greece on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.5 East, latitude 38.497 North, depth = 9.4 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:05:28 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 03:05:28 / November 20, 2015 @ 3:05 am. Unique identifier: us100040rr. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040rr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.4 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos, Árta, Mesolóngi (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km NW of Ithaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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