A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. 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. The temblor was detected at 09:09:31 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 09:09:31 / February 4, 2025 @ 9:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6596° East, 36.6545° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pb7g. Id of event: us7000pb7g.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SW of Amorgós, Greece.
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