Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 81 km southwest of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Friday, 30 Oct 2020 2:38 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 48 minutes earlier.
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Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 7 km depth
30 Oct 13:04 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 25 minutes.
Date & time: 30 Oct 2020 12:38:59 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Friday, 30 Oct 2020 2:38 pm (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.6
Depth: 7.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.78°N / 26.69°E
(Samos, North Aegean, Greece)Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (105 km / 65 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km (1 mi) NNE of Leka (pop: 412) --> See nearby quakes!
2 km (1 mi) SW of Karlovasi (pop: 6,710) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (12 mi) WNW of Mytilinioi (pop: 1,980) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) SSW of Seferihisar (İzmir, Turkey) (pop: 19,600) --> See nearby quakes!
51 km (31 mi) W of Kusadasi (Aydın, Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
63 km (39 mi) W of Söke (Aydın, Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
77 km (48 mi) SSW of Karabağlar (İzmir, Turkey) (pop: 458,000) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (51 mi) SE of Chios (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
148 km (92 mi) S of Mytilene (Mitilini) (pop: 28,300) --> See nearby quakes!
261 km (162 mi) E of Athens (Attica) (pop: 664,000) --> 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)Scattered Clouds
23°C (73 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from SEstimated released energy: 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.6 | 7 km | Dodecanese Islands, Greece | EMSC |
| M 3.7 | 5.4 km | Aegean Sea, Greece | KOERI-RETMC |
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Bergama (Turkey, 155 km N of epicenter) : Flet (reported through EMSC)
Karşıyaka (Turkey, 84 km NE of epicenter) : artçı (reported through EMSC)
Didim (Turkey, 67 km SE of epicenter) : Slight vibration but nothing too bad (reported through EMSC)
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