A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Firá in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb7w. Unique identifier: us7000pb7w. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 12:36:50 / February 4, 2025 @ 12:36 pm. Exact location, longitude 25.497° East, latitude 36.4717° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:36:50 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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