A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Firá in Greece on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 12:09:35 / February 5, 2025 @ 12:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:09:35 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 25.6958 East, latitude 36.5969 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdfa. Id of event: us7000pdfa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 30 km NE of Firá, Greece.

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