A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mesariá in Greece on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000pf9i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pf9i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 22:45:18 / February 14, 2025 @ 10:45 pm. Exact location, longitude 25.7229° East, latitude 36.5516° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:45:18 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 29 km NE of Mesariá, Greece.
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