A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Firá in Greece on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 15:16:30 / February 9, 2025 @ 3:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6341° East, 36.5178° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us7000pchj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pchj. The temblor was reported at 15:16:30 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 21 km ENE of Firá, Greece.
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