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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Afántou in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Afántou in Greece on Monday. Global time and date of event 29/12/25 / 2025-12-29 17:00:06 / December 29, 2025 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 42.846 km, 28.5016° East, 36.1124° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:00:06 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000rld7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rld7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.846 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fethiye (c. 60 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ortaca (c. 19 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Dalaman (c. 19 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sarigerme (c. 16 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Marmaris, Ortaca, Fethiye.

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 36 km ESE of Afántou, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	28.5016° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.1124° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.846 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km ESE of Afántou, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-29 17:00:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-29 17:24:24	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.324	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	us7000rld7	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rld7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rld7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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