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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Antikyra in Greece


Earthquake location 38.2626S, 22.6525WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Antikyra in Greece on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 22.6525 East, latitude 38.2626 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:06:31 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 00:06:31 / May 27, 2025 @ 12:06 am. Id of earthquake: us7000q1nc. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1nc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilioúpoli, Argyroúpoli, Khalándrion (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km S of Antikyra, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.6525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km S of Antikyra, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-27 00:06:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-27 00:26:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 385 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us7000q1nc Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1nc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1nc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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