A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Zacháro in Greece. Global time and date of event 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 00:13:05 / March 9, 2025 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 21.6896 East, latitude 37.4525 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:13:05 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pxq1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxq1.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Náfplio, Aígio, Río (min 5000 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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 SE of Zacháro, Greece.
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