A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. Unique identifier: us7000pasz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pasz. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 11:41:27 / February 2, 2025 @ 11:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:41:27 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6437 East, latitude 36.6513 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 30 km SW of Amorgós, Greece.
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