A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yjx. Id of event: us70006yjx. Exact location of earthquake, 20.8382° East, 37.6965° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 23:47:55 / January 11, 2020 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:47:55 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Filiatrá, Kyparissía.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km S of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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