A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Firá in Greece. Unique identifier: us7000patf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000patf. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.676° East, 36.5545° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 12:55:41 / February 2, 2025 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:55:41 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 26 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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