A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Kastrí in Greece. Exact location, longitude 24.0751° East, latitude 34.8418° North, depth = 39.654 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:38:28 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 15:38:28 / June 17, 2025 @ 3:38 pm. Event id: us6000qktu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qktu. 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 39.654 km (25 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Chaniá, Soúda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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