A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:15 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 01:03:15 / January 1, 2019 @ 1:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000izk5. Id of event: us2000izk5. 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, 20.6773° East, 37.0529° North.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Gargaliánoi, Zákynthos. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 74 km S of Lithakia, Greece.
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