A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Amorgós in Greece on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 09:16:10 / February 12, 2025 @ 9:16 am. Exact location, longitude 25.6333° East, latitude 36.6547° 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: us7000pf0g. Event ids that are associated: us7000pf0g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:16:10 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km SW of Amorgós, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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