A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Palekastro in Greece on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.953 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhfp. Id of event: us6000rhfp. The temblor was picked up at 04:20:49 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 04:20:49 / October 16, 2025 @ 4:20 am. Exact location, longitude 26.3544° East, latitude 34.8859° North, depth = 34.953 km.
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 35 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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