A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Oía in Greece on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:29:51 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5632 East, latitude 36.5888 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pd2t. Event ids that are associated: us7000pd2t. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 08:29:51 / February 12, 2025 @ 8:29 am.
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 21 km NE of Oía, Greece.
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