A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 08:59:33 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i5h3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i5h3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.6432 East, latitude 37.3876 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 07:59:33 / October 27, 2018 @ 7:59 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyparissía, Zacháro, Argostólion (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and two, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.
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