A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Íos in Greece. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:08:58 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5912 East, latitude 36.6917 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbir. Id of event: us7000pbir. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:08:58 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:08 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km E of Íos, Greece.
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