A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Firá in Greece. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:14:54 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd1i. Unique identifier: us7000pd1i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5495 East, latitude 36.5596 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 01:14:54 / February 12, 2025 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 18 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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