A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Methóni in Greece. Exact location, longitude 21.7164° East, latitude 36.8457° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 09:48:56 / August 7, 2025 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qytt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qytt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:48:56 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Trípoli, Megalópoli. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km NNE of Methóni, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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