A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kíssamos in Greece on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.728 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 23.5291° East, 35.8433° North, depth 64.728 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/25 / 2025-07-23 13:26:54 / July 23, 2025 @ 1:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:26:54 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qucv. Event ids that are associated: us6000qucv.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rethymno, Soúda, Mourniés (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 40 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece.
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