A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kastrí in Greece on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.811 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/07/25 / 2025-07-09 14:31:26 / July 9, 2025 @ 2:31 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 24.4278 East, latitude 34.8282 North, depth = 49.811 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:31:26 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qtww. Unique identifier: us6000qtww.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Néa Alikarnassós, Irákleion, Chaniá (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km E of Kastrí, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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