A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Oía in Greece on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was detected at 01:19:36 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pb5a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb5a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 01:19:36 / February 4, 2025 @ 1:19 am. Exact location, longitude 25.5124° East, latitude 36.5487° North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 15 km NE of Oía, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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