Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 64 km southwest of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Friday, 30 Oct 2020 1:53 pm (GMT +2) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.7 quake Aegean Sea, 17 km northeast of Karlovasi, Samos, North Aegean, Greece, 30 Oct 2020 1:51 pm (GMT +2), which had occurred 2 minutes earlier.
Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 64 km southwest of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Friday, 30 Oct 2020 1:53 pm (GMT +2)

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 8 km depth

30 Oct 12:21 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 27 minutes.
30 Oct 12:22: Magnitude recalculated from 4.7 to 4.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 7.0 to 9.0 km (from 4.3 to 5.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.2 km (4.5 mi) towards NNE.
30 Oct 12:23: Magnitude recalculated from 4.5 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 9.0 to 8.0 km (from 5.6 to 5 mi).
30 Oct 12:24: Epicenter location corrected by 1.4 km (0.9 mi) towards SW.
Date & time: 30 Oct 2020 11:53:54 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Friday, 30 Oct 2020 1:53 pm (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 8.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.89°N / 26.83°E (Aegean Sea, Greece)
Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (111 km / 69 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
9 km (6 mi) N of Agios Konstantinos (pop: 368) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (10 mi) NE of Karlovasi (pop: 6,710) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) S of Seferihisar (Turkey) (pop: 19,600) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (23 mi) W of Kusadasi (Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) S of Urla (Turkey) (pop: 45,200) --> See nearby quakes!
53 km (33 mi) WNW of Söke (Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
55 km (34 mi) WSW of Torbalı (Turkey) (pop: 50,300) --> See nearby quakes!
60 km (37 mi) SSW of Karabağlar (Turkey) (pop: 458,000) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) SE of Chios (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
272 km (169 mi) E of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) SE of Chios Island (pop: 32,400) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) NNW of Agathonisi Island (pop: 150) --> See nearby quakes!
257 km (159 mi) ESE of Euboea Island (pop: 198,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 23°C (73 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from S
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.68 kmDodecanese Islands, GreeceEMSC
M 4.58.6 kmAegean Sea, GreeceKOERI-RETMC

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Başakşehir (Turkey, 394 km NE of epicenter) : Soft (reported through EMSC)
Istanbul (Turkey, 392 km NE of epicenter) : Bahçelievler (reported through EMSC)
Bahçelievler (Turkey, 387 km NE of epicenter) : kötüydü bahçelievlerde 8. katta 30 saniye sallandık (reported through EMSC)
Esenyurt (Turkey, 383 km NE of epicenter) : İstanbul Esenyurt'ta kolumla masaya yaslanmistim 10 saniye süren titresimi hissettim ancak emin olamadim. İsyerinde zemin kattaydim (reported through EMSC)
Esenyurt (Turkey, 383 km NE of epicenter) : Sallanıyoruz gibi geldi.. (reported through EMSC)
Esenyurt (Turkey, 383 km NE of epicenter) : Earth quake felt in Turkey essenyurt (reported through EMSC)
Yakuplu (Turkey, 379 km NE of epicenter) : Felt a little sway (reported through EMSC)
Yakuplu (Turkey, 379 km NE of epicenter) : Uzun sürdü korkutucuydu (reported through EMSC)
Yakuplu (Turkey, 379 km NE of epicenter) : Avcılar göl kenarı uzanıyordum bir sallanma oldu anlamadım sonra ikinci bir sallanma oldu o arada lambanın sallandığını gördüm (reported through EMSC)
Gürpınar (Turkey, 377 km NE of epicenter) : Ist.beylikdüzü çok kötü s allandik. (reported through EMSC)
Gürpınar (Turkey, 377 km NE of epicenter) : Biran hissettim , emin olamadım (reported through EMSC)
Gürpınar (Turkey, 377 km NE of epicenter) : الله يتلطف بالعباد (reported through EMSC)
Yıldırım (Turkey, 323 km NE of epicenter) : Hafif salladik (reported through EMSC)
Osmangazi (Turkey, 321 km NE of epicenter) : İzmir'de olmus Bursa'da da avizeleri salliyacak kadar oldu kısa sürdü (reported through EMSC)
Níkaia (Greece, 280 km W of epicenter) : For two minutes my house was moving. (reported through EMSC)
Moskháton (Greece, 277 km W of epicenter) : Strong enough and for many minutes... (reported through EMSC)
Peristéri (Greece, 276 km W of epicenter) : Με διάρκεια αλλά όχι τρομερή ένταση (reported through EMSC)
Ródos (Greece, 203 km SE of epicenter) : Earthquake in Aegean.6.9 (reported through EMSC)
Denizli (Turkey, 199 km E of epicenter) : Denizli de hissedildi.Geçmiş olsun İzmir (reported through EMSC)
Dalyan (Turkey, 199 km SE of epicenter) : It was scary! (reported through EMSC)
Marmaris (Turkey, 172 km SE of epicenter) : Little bit shakes (reported through EMSC)
Kéfalos (Greece, 128 km S of epicenter) : Kos kefalos (reported through EMSC)
Ortyakent Yahşi (Turkey, 104 km SE of epicenter) : Salıncak gibi sallandık (reported through EMSC)
Yalıkavak (Turkey, 96 km SE of epicenter) : Bodrum çok sarsıldı (reported through EMSC)
Yalıkavak (Turkey, 96 km SE of epicenter) : Ялыкавак. Мугла, Турция , шатались люстры (reported through EMSC)
Kemalpaşa (Turkey, 79 km NE of epicenter) : Önceki depremin devamı zannettim. Normal zamanda takmam. Ama ayakta bile hissedilir. (reported through EMSC)
Bayraklı (Turkey, 70 km NE of epicenter) : Fena (reported through EMSC)
Karşıyaka (Turkey, 68 km N of epicenter) : Very powerful, lasted about 30-40 seconds. Strongest I have felt in Izmir so far (reported through EMSC)
Karabağlar (Turkey, 60 km NE of epicenter) : So bad :/ (reported through EMSC)
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