A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Oía in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 25.5345° East, latitude 36.554° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbiu. Id of event: us7000pbiu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 11:17:26 / February 5, 2025 @ 11:17 am. The earthquake was roughly 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 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:17:26 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 17 km NE of Oía, Greece.

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