A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Oía in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:45:43 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pauq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pauq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.532 East, latitude 36.5727 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 17:45:43 / February 2, 2025 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km NE of Oía, Greece.
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