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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Préveza in Greece


Earthquake location 38.9137S, 20.6838WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Préveza in Greece on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnq6. Id of event: us6000rnq6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 20.6838° East, 38.9137° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/11/25 / 2025-11-17 09:44:47 / November 17, 2025 @ 9:44 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:44:47 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Ioánnina, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SW of Préveza, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.6838° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of Préveza, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-17 09:44:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-24 08:41:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rnq6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnq6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnq6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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