A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 02:54:21 / February 6, 2025 @ 2:54 am. The temblor was reported at 02:54:21 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pbqh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbqh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 25.5906° East, 36.5727° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 22 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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