A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Firá in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 09:14:22 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pas7. Unique identifier: us7000pas7. 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5716 East, latitude 36.5687 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 09:14:22 / February 2, 2025 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 20 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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