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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Amorgós in Greece


Earthquake location 36.7675S, 25.6221WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. The temblor was reported at 11:50:49 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 11:50:49 / February 3, 2025 @ 11:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6221 East, latitude 36.7675 North, depth = 10 km. 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: us7000pb0b. Id of event: us7000pb0b.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ermoúpolis, Mykonos, Páros (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Ermoúpolis (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 25 km WSW of Amorgós, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.6221° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km WSW of Amorgós, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-03 11:50:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-03 13:09:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.591 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pb0b Id of event.
Event Code 7000pb0b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pb0b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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