A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Firá in Greece. The temblor was detected at 19:25:12 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pcin. Id of event: us7000pcin. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6002° East, 36.5585° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 19:25:12 / February 9, 2025 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km NE of Firá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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