A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Vlachópoulo in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 16:50:40 / May 27, 2025 @ 4:50 pm. Exact location, longitude 21.9043° East, latitude 36.9769° North, depth = 57.469 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qg8n. Event ids that are associated: us6000qg8n. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.469 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:50:40 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Trípoli, Zacháro. Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 11 km ESE of Vlachópoulo, Greece.
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