A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Íos in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 14:49:33 / February 5, 2025 @ 2:49 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:49:33 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdg0. Unique identifier: us7000pdg0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.407 East, latitude 36.6834 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mykonos, Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Mykonos (c. 7 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ESE of Íos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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