A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected 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: us7000pbqe. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbqe. The temblor was detected at 02:48:36 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). 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: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 02:48:36 / February 6, 2025 @ 2:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6251 East, latitude 36.5159 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km ENE of Firá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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