A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Firá in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6337° East, 36.5665° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/25 / 2025-02-19 09:41:08 / February 19, 2025 @ 9:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pepv. Event ids that are associated: us7000pepv. The temblor was reported at 09:41:08 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close 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. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 24 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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