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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Firá in Greece

Posted by admin on February 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5021S, 25.5284WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Firá in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 08:58:44 / February 12, 2025 @ 8:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, 25.5284° East, 36.5021° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pd2y. Id of event: us7000pd2y. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:58:44 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NE of Firá, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.5284° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5021° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NE of Firá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-12 08:58:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 07:36:22 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.318 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us7000pd2y Id of event.
Event Code 7000pd2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pd2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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