A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Firá in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:18:24 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 02:18:24 / February 12, 2025 @ 2:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pezc. Unique identifier: us7000pezc. Exact location of earthquake, 25.5818° East, 36.5414° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 seventy-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 19 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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