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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Néa Stíra in Greece

Posted by admin on September 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.2747S, 24.1425WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Néa Stíra in Greece on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.1425 East, latitude 38.2747 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000quvk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000quvk. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:57 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 21:27:57 / September 8, 2025 @ 9:27 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orchomenós, Aegina, Mégara. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Glyfáda (c. 87 300 pop). Nearby 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 one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km NNW of Néa Stíra, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.1425° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NNW of Néa Stíra, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-08 21:27:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-08 21:45:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 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 406 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000quvk Id of event.
Event Code 7000quvk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000quvk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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