A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Géfyra in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 23.0629° East, latitude 36.4807° North, depth = 51.123 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:50:56 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qv2x. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qv2x. Global time and date of event 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 19:50:56 / August 15, 2025 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.123 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spárti (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km S of Géfyra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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