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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Arkalochóri in Greece


Earthquake location 35.0966S, 25.2194WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Arkalochóri in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:40:16 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 12:40:16 / May 30, 2025 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 25.2194° East, 35.0966° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000qgv0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qgv0.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Siteía, Rethymno, Ierápetra (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 6 km SW of Arkalochóri, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.2194° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0966° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW of Arkalochóri, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-30 12:40:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-30 13:01:30 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 2.7 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 285 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.33 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 93 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 us6000qgv0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qgv0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qgv0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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