A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Lixourion in Greece. The temblor was detected at 05:51:14 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 20.3177° East, latitude 38.2556° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009pts. Id of event: us20009pts. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/17 / 2017-06-27 03:51:14 / June 27, 2017 @ 3:51 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Préveza, Zákynthos, Lefkáda (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 11 km WNW of Lixourion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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