A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kastrí in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:37:45 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.209 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 16:37:45 / March 14, 2025 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 23.5717 East, latitude 34.8102 North, depth = 43.209 km. Unique identifier: us6000pyw2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyw2.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaniá, Soúda, Mourniés (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km W of Kastrí, Greece.
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