A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Oía in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.546° East, 36.6304° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pat1. Unique identifier: us7000pat1. The temblor was reported at 11:53:44 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 11:53:44 / February 2, 2025 @ 11:53 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 Oía, Greece.
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