A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Exact location, longitude 20.3425° East, latitude 37.6435° North, depth = 30.52 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.52 km (19 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:53:10 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70004q2p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004q2p. Global time and date of event 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 14:53:10 / July 21, 2019 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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