A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Firá in Greece. Exact location, longitude 25.5693° East, latitude 36.508° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:48:08 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000park. Unique identifier: us7000park. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 06:48:08 / February 2, 2025 @ 6:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 15 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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