A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 20.7046 East, latitude 39.7251 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:48:16 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 00:48:16 / October 16, 2016 @ 12:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007efn. Id of event: us20007efn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kastoriá, Korçë, Lefkáda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NW of Rodotopion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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