A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Firá in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 03:11:24 / 3:11 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 earthquake 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 03:11:24 / February 8, 2025 @ 3:11 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 25.6606° East, latitude 36.5562° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000pc8z. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pc8z.
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km NE of Firá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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