A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 09:02:03 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.6399 East, latitude 36.5074 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 09:02:03 / February 9, 2025 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pcgl. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcgl.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km NE of Mesariá, Greece.
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