A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Firá in Greece. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:28:27 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 25.5814° East, latitude 36.5885° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdeq. Id of event: us7000pdeq. Global time and date of event 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 02:28:27 / February 5, 2025 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).

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 two hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 22 km NE of Firá, Greece.

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