A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mesariá in Greece on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 08:55:27 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pb7a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb7a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 08:55:27 / February 4, 2025 @ 8:55 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.6292 East, latitude 36.4997 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos.
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-nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 19 km NE of Mesariá, Greece.
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