A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd30. Unique identifier: us7000pd30. Global time and date of event 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 09:15:07 / February 12, 2025 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:15:07 / 9:15 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 25.6185 East, latitude 36.5553 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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