A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Firá in Greece on Sunday. Unique identifier: us7000pcga. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:06:31 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 08:06:31 / February 9, 2025 @ 8:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6324° East, 36.5754° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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