A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Oía in Greece. Exact location, longitude 25.5224° East, latitude 36.5635° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pdfx. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdfx. The temblor was reported at 11:21:41 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:21:41 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby 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 62 km (38 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km NE of Oía, Greece.
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