A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 23:51:37 / October 26, 2018 @ 11:51 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:51:37 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhtj. Unique identifier: us1000hhtj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.8699° East, 37.4084° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Argostólion, Pýlos, Gargaliánoi (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km S of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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