A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Firá in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.684 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:12:46 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 25.5829° East, 36.5575° North, depth 11.684 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 22:12:46 / February 26, 2025 @ 10:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxa5. Id of event: us6000pxa5.
Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 70 km (44 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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km NE of Firá, Greece.
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