A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Nea Apollonia in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hc9g. Unique identifier: us1000hc9g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.19 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 09:02:46 / October 15, 2018 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 23.4465° East, latitude 40.549° North, depth = 5.19 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:46 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petrich, Litóchoro, Star Dojran (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop). Nearby 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 9 km S of Nea Apollonia, Greece.
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