A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mália in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmt2. Unique identifier: us6000rmt2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.4609 East, latitude 35.3044 North, depth = 53.856 km. Global time and date of event 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 13:55:05 / October 21, 2025 @ 1:55 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.856 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:55:05 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rethymno, Moíres, Siteía.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km N of Mália, Greece.

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