A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Firá in Greece. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:16:39 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 08:16:39 / February 8, 2025 @ 8:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6974° East, 36.5761° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pca9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pca9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 29 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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