A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Rododáfni in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/21 / 2021-01-01 03:55:22 / January 1, 2021 @ 3:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d4qi. Id of event: us6000d4qi. The temblor was detected at 03:55:22 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 22.0638° East, latitude 38.3071° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trípoli, Pýrgos, Loutráki (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km NNE of Rododáfni, Greece.
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