A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kalávryta in Greece on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 21.9771° East, 38.0696° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:44:14 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 18:44:14 / April 6, 2025 @ 6:44 pm. Event id: us6000q4f3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4f3.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lamía, Zákynthos, Orchomenós. Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km WNW of Kalávryta, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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