A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kíssamos in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 03:55:46 / October 17, 2025 @ 3:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, 23.0374° East, 35.4993° North, depth 54.294 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.294 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhqa. Unique identifier: us6000rhqa. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:55:46 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soúda, Chaniá, Mourniés. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km W of Kíssamos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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