A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Firá in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 19:16:43 / February 9, 2025 @ 7:16 pm. Exact location, longitude 25.5065° East, latitude 36.5236° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:16:43 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pcij. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pcij. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NNE of Firá, Greece.
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