A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:15:48 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6486 East, latitude 36.3919 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcaq. Unique identifier: us7000pcaq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 09:15:48 / February 8, 2025 @ 9:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
Questions or comments?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 18 km E of Mesariá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply