A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Lechaina in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 21.2609° East, latitude 37.9307° North, depth = 49.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/10/18 / 2018-10-23 22:07:56 / October 23, 2018 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh4a. Unique identifier: us1000hh4a. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.52 km (31 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:07:56 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Filiatrá, Kyparissía, Aígio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 pop).
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 fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km WSW of Lechaina, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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