A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Firá in Greece on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 17:04:11 / February 2, 2025 @ 5:04 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pauf. Id of event: us7000pauf. Exact location of event, longitude 25.6671 East, latitude 36.5347 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:04:11 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 24 km ENE of Firá, Greece.
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