A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Oía in Greece. The temblor was detected at 02:21:04 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 02:21:04 / February 5, 2025 @ 2:21 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbdi. Unique identifier: us7000pbdi. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location of earthquake, 25.5585° East, 36.6413° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km NE of Oía, Greece.
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