A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Sitia in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 26.0513° East, latitude 35.0261° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rp4l. Unique identifier: us6000rp4l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:14:57 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 14:14:57 / November 19, 2025 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Irákleion, Néa Alikarnassós, Goúvai. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

Questions or comments?

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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SSW of Sitia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.