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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 4 km SE of Zacháro, Greece


Earthquake location 37.4525S, 21.6896WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.6896° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SE of Zacháro, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-09 00:13:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-09 00:32:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.332 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pxq1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxq1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxq1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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