A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Agía Galíni in Greece on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:40:35 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 18:40:35 / January 28, 2025 @ 6:40 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9ng. Id of event: us7000p9ng. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 24.4723° East, 34.9391° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goúvai, Néa Alikarnassós, Chaniá. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece.
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