A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Psará in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:59:11 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 25.2787 East, latitude 38.7972 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000plr8. Unique identifier: us6000plr8. Global time and date of event 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 02:59:11 / January 23, 2025 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chíos, Vrontádos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vrontádos (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km NW of Psará, Greece.
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