A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mesariá in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 25.4946° East, 36.4302° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:37:47 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 08:37:47 / February 12, 2025 @ 8:37 am. Event id: us7000pezs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pezs. 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).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 79 km (49 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 sixty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km NE of Mesariá, Greece.
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