A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Methoni in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:00:54 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 01:00:54 / November 10, 2018 @ 1:00 am. Event id: us1000hq47. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hq47. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.3049 East, latitude 36.6995 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamáta, Messíni, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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