A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:32 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pbj8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbj8. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:52:32 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 25.6371 East, latitude 36.504 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 20 km NE of Mesariá, Greece.
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