A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 23:02:38 / February 12, 2025 @ 11:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd9a. Unique identifier: us7000pd9a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.662° East, 36.6469° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:38 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 29 km SW of Amorgós, Greece.
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