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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 8 km E of Prokópi, Greece


Earthquake location 38.7221S, 23.5906WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Prokópi in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q02x. Id of event: us7000q02x. Global time and date of event 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 00:23:32 / May 19, 2025 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 23.5906° East, 38.7221° North, depth 12.354 km. The temblor was detected at 00:23:32 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.354 km (8 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ílion (c. 84 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Koropí, Ellinikó, Argyroúpoli (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km E of Prokópi, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 23.5906° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7221° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.354 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km E of Prokópi, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-19 00:23:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-19 01:22:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.7 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 313 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.622 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q02x Id of event.
Event Code 7000q02x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q02x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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