Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag was detected near Fry in Greece

A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Fry in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pz2p. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pz2p. The temblor was detected at 22:51:16 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.42 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/25 / 2025-05-13 22:51:16 / May 13, 2025 @ 10:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 26.9423° East, 35.2779° North, depth 78.42 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km S of Fry, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.9423° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.2779° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	78.42 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km S of Fry, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-13 22:51:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-13 23:05:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	573	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	70	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.338	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pz2p	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pz2p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pz2p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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