A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Firá in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pbqj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbqj. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:04 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.5667° East, 36.566° North. Global time and date of event 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 03:00:04 / February 6, 2025 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). 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 seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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