Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Zacháro in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Zacháro in Greece on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 21.6236° East, 37.3807° North, depth 51.012 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:59:15 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 51.012 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 18:59:15 / July 8, 2025 @ 6:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qbep. Unique identifier: us7000qbep.

Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paralía, Ovriá, (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km SSW of Zacháro, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	21.6236° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.3807° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.012 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SSW of Zacháro, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-08 18:59:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-20 19:39:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	271	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.314	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	127	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	us7000qbep	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qbep	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qbep,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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