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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 59 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece


Earthquake location 37.4757S, 20.2299WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/25 / 2025-12-15 23:41:48 / December 15, 2025 @ 11:41 pm. Exact location of event, depth 13.259 km, 20.2299° East, 37.4757° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.259 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:41:48 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rv5e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rv5e.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.2299° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.259 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-15 23:41:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-15 23:59:29 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 432 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rv5e Id of event.
Event Code 6000rv5e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rv5e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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