A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Amorgós in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.87 East, latitude 36.5893 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:55:35 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbfc. Id of event: us7000pbfc. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 06:55:35 / February 5, 2025 @ 6:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km S of Amorgós, Greece.
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