A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Firá in Greece on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6604° East, 36.584° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:06:03 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 03:06:03 / February 6, 2025 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdnv. Id of event: us7000pdnv.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days three hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 27 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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