A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Firá in Greece on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pb37. Event ids that are associated: us7000pb37. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 20:39:14 / February 3, 2025 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 20:39:14 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 25.6449° East, 36.582° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km NE of Firá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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