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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 55 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece


Earthquake location 37.2807S, 20.5391WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.668 km (19 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 location, longitude 20.5391° East, latitude 37.2807° North, depth = 30.668 km. The temblor was reported at 16:24:06 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qc2k. Unique identifier: us7000qc2k. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 16:24:06 / July 11, 2025 @ 4:24 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Filiatrá, Amaliáda, Pýrgos. The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 55 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5391° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2807° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.668 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-11 16:24:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-11 16:39:14 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 340 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.111 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us7000qc2k Id of event.
Event Code 7000qc2k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qc2k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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