A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 13:09:50 / October 30, 2018 @ 1:09 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000i7k7. Event ids that are associated: us2000i7k7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.5222° East, 37.6008° North. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:09:50 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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