A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:26:05 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:26 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:05 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.5448° East, 36.3957° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdfj. Id of event: us7000pdfj. 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.
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, 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 sixty-one 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 8 km E of Mesariá, Greece.
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