A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. Unique identifier: us7000pdr4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdr4. Global time and date of event 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 15:17:27 / February 7, 2025 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6598° East, 36.6793° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:27 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SW of Amorgós, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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