Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Sitia in Greece

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Sitia in Greece on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 17:28:24 / November 19, 2025 @ 5:28 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp6b. Id of event: us6000rp6b. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.0836 East, latitude 34.9789 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:28:24 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goúvai, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 25 km S of Sitia, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.0836° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9789° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km S of Sitia, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-19 17:28:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-10 21:00:42	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	259	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.048	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	167	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	us6000rp6b	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rp6b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rp6b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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