A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Emporeío in Greece. Unique identifier: us7000pcau. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcau. Exact location of earthquake, 25.4977° East, 36.3756° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 09:24:02 / February 8, 2025 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:24:02 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km ENE of Emporeío, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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