A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Firá in Greece on Monday. Global time and date of event 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 13:05:05 / February 3, 2025 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pb0j. Id of event: us7000pb0j. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:05 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 25.6546° East, 36.6248° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 30 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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