A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Katastarion in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.4735 East, latitude 37.7537 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 06:34:15 / October 30, 2018 @ 6:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hix3. Unique identifier: us1000hix3. The temblor was reported at 08:34:15 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km WSW of Katastarion, Greece.
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