A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Firá in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 20:19:39 / February 3, 2025 @ 8:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:19:39 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6312° East, 36.5336° North. Event id: us7000pb33. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pb33.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NE of Firá, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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