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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Íos in Greece


Earthquake location 36.6915S, 25.5693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Íos in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 25.5693° East, 36.6915° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:08:55 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 19:08:55 / February 9, 2025 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pear. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pear.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km E of Íos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.5693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km E of Íos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-09 19:08:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-20 16:36:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pear Id of event.
Event Code 7000pear An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pear, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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