A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Drosaton in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 22.8622° East, 41.1978° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000byvb. Unique identifier: us1000byvb. The temblor was reported at 00:13:52 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 22:13:52 / January 1, 2018 @ 10:13 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Blagoevgrad (c. 71 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shtip (c. 48 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blagoevgrad, Náousa, Razlog (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 6 km NE of Drosaton, Greece.
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