A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 08:28:13 / February 8, 2025 @ 8:28 am. Unique identifier: us7000pcaa. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcaa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 25.7897 East, latitude 36.5404 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:28:13 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 33 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece.
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