A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Filiatai in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3889 East, latitude 39.7051 North, depth = 13.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.22 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 05:25:14 / September 9, 2018 @ 5:25 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:25:14 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hbd8. Id of event: us2000hbd8.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Çorovodë, Préveza, Árta.
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NNE of Filiatai, Greece.
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