A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Drosaton in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 19:36:34 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bz2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bz2i. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.8094 East, latitude 41.2347 North, depth = 13.29 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.29 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 17:36:34 / January 2, 2018 @ 5:36 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Blagoevgrad (c. 71 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shtip (c. 48 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Náousa, Razlog, Epanomí (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km N of Drosaton, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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