A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 25.742° East, 36.6374° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 17:45:51 / February 5, 2025 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:45:51 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pdfz. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdfz.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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