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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near Eloúnda in Greece

Posted by admin on May 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.7749S, 25.8772WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Eloúnda in Greece. Exact location, longitude 25.8772° East, latitude 35.7749° North, depth = 68.894 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 03:19:35 / May 22, 2025 @ 3:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.894 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:19:35 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000q0pq. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0pq.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Gázi, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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: 58 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.8772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7749° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.894 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-22 03:19:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-22 03:33:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 572 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.94 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us7000q0pq Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0pq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0pq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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