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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 28 km ESE of Íos, Greece

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Earthquake location 36.6553S, 25.5847WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Íos in Greece on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000pdlw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdlw. The temblor was picked up at 02:56:57 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 02:56:57 / February 6, 2025 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.5847 East, latitude 36.6553 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and six, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 28 km ESE of Íos, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.5847° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km ESE of Íos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-06 02:56:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-04 23:48:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.476 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pdlw Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdlw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdlw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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