A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 17:44:59 / February 3, 2025 @ 5:44 pm. Exact location, longitude 25.6512° East, latitude 36.5429° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:44:59 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pb28. Event ids that are associated: us7000pb28. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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