A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Amorgós in Greece on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.8397 East, latitude 36.5641 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pefq. Event ids that are associated: us7000pefq. Global time and date of event 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 04:46:52 / February 18, 2025 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:46:52 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 30 km S of Amorgós, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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