A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/11/25 / 2025-11-14 11:01:03 / November 14, 2025 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 26.0179 East, latitude 34.4831 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rn88. Id of event: us6000rn88. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:03 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía, Ierápetra. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days nineteen 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece.
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