A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pc23. Unique identifier: us7000pc23. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:16:15 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 25.6196 East, latitude 36.5485 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 07:16:15 / February 7, 2025 @ 7:16 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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