A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 11:58:10 / January 3, 2025 @ 11:58 am. Exact location of event, longitude 23.3009 East, latitude 34.9259 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phg1. Id of event: us6000phg1. The temblor was detected at 11:58:10 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaniá, Mourniés.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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