A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Oía in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 03:28:55 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pbqr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbqr. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 03:28:55 / February 6, 2025 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5527 East, latitude 36.5757 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km NE of Oía, Greece.
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