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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Lixoúri in Greece


Earthquake location 38.0915S, 20.341WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Lixoúri in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000q1ju. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1ju. The temblor was reported at 04:51:34 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.571 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude 20.341° East, latitude 38.0915° North, depth = 42.571 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 04:51:34 / May 10, 2025 @ 4:51 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lefkáda, Gastoúni, Zákynthos. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.341° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.571 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-10 04:51:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 22:31:13 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 259 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.553 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q1ju Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1ju An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1ju, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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