A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:16:06 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 25.7023° East, latitude 36.4851° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000pdfu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdfu. Global time and date of event 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:16:06 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:16 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 83 km (51 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 one hundred and eighty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 ENE of Mesariá, Greece.
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