A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Firá in Greece on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 11:04:14 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6155° East, 36.5906° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pasv. Id of event: us7000pasv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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 11:04:14 / February 2, 2025 @ 11:04 am.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 25 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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