A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Amorgós in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6562 East, latitude 36.6737 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:23:57 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000px4a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000px4a. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 17:23:57 / May 4, 2025 @ 5:23 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 27 km SW of Amorgós, Greece.
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