A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Firá in Greece on Saturday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:52:03 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pc8g. Event ids that are associated: us7000pc8g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 01:52:03 / February 8, 2025 @ 1:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6784° East, 36.561° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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