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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Firá in Greece


Earthquake location 36.5501S, 25.5602WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Firá in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd5d. Unique identifier: us7000pd5d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:30:57 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 25.5602° East, latitude 36.5501° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 05:30:57 / February 4, 2025 @ 5:30 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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. 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: 18 km NE of Firá, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.5602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5501° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km NE of Firá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-04 05:30:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 09:41:38 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 259 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.372 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000pd5d Id of event.
Event Code 7000pd5d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pd5d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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