A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 09:00:54 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6446° East, 36.531° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdew. Unique identifier: us7000pdew. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 09:00:54 / February 5, 2025 @ 9:00 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 22 km ENE of Firá, Greece.
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