A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.7979 East, latitude 37.6495 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:49:34 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 02:49:34 / October 1, 2025 @ 2:49 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rdxu. Event ids that are associated: us6000rdxu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop).
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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 8 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece.
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