A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Rodotopion in Greece. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:17:38 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 20.6075° East, latitude 39.7813° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqrw. Id of event: us2000cqrw. 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: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 23:17:38 / January 28, 2018 @ 11:17 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalampáka, Çorovodë, Grevená (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Çorovodë (c. 14 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 12 km NW of Rodotopion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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