A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6188 East, latitude 36.5666 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pbx6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbx6. Global time and date of event 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 19:34:47 / February 6, 2025 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:34:47 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred 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: 23 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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