A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.6827° East, 36.4674° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:03:16 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pdlt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdlt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 03:03:16 / February 6, 2025 @ 3:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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), 83 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos.
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 one hundred and ninety-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and four, in the past 30 days three hundred and five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 22 km ENE of Mesariá, Greece.
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