A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Pýrgos in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.94 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.3116 East, latitude 34.2839 North, depth = 33.94 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyv0. Unique identifier: us6000pyv0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 15:40:04 / March 14, 2025 @ 3:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:40:04 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Ierápetra (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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 81 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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