A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Amorgós in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 13:09:09 / February 5, 2025 @ 1:09 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdfq. Unique identifier: us7000pdfq. The temblor was reported at 13:09:09 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.7398 East, latitude 36.5721 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece.
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