A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 17:35:25 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 17:35:25 / March 30, 2025 @ 5:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.412 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pnwe. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnwe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 20.3872 East, latitude 37.2844 North, depth = 34.412 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zákynthos. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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