A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 20.3331° East, 37.4332° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 00:54:13 / December 2, 2018 @ 12:54 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:54:13 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000i45q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i45q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Argostólion, Zákynthos. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 54 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece.
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