A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Firá in Greece. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:56:39 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 04:56:39 / February 7, 2025 @ 4:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5972 East, latitude 36.5119 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdpz. Unique identifier: us7000pdpz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NE of Firá, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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