A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 25.6917 East, latitude 36.6382 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:12:40 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pd1f. Id of event: us7000pd1f. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 01:12:40 / February 12, 2025 @ 1:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km SW of Amorgós, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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