A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Amorgós in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 23:13:56 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 25.8218° East, latitude 36.8267° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rw8l. Event ids that are associated: us6000rw8l. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 23:13:56 / December 20, 2025 @ 11:13 pm.
Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos.
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 three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 6 km W of Amorgós, Greece.
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