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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Firá in Greece


Earthquake location 36.5782S, 25.6735WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Firá in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 25.6735 East, latitude 36.5782 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 16:51:46 / February 8, 2025 @ 4:51 pm. Unique identifier: us7000pccc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pccc. 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) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:51:46 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 27 km NE of Firá, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.6735° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km NE of Firá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-08 16:51:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-08 20:14:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.436 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pccc Id of event.
Event Code 7000pccc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pccc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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