Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 70 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 1:05 am (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 11 hours earlier.
Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 70 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 1:05 am (GMT +2)

Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 13 km depth

30 Oct 23:14 UTC: First to report: KOERI-RETMC after 9 minutes.
30 Oct 23:31: Now using data updates from NOA
31 Oct 00:16: Magnitude recalculated from 4.1 to 3.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 13.0 km (from 3.1 to 8.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 6.3 km (3.9 mi) towards WSW.
Date & time: 30 Oct 2020 23:05:30 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 1:05 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.9
Depth: 13.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.8177°N / 26.8845°E (Aegean Sea, Greece)
Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (99 km / 62 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) NE of Avlakia (pop: 18) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) NW of Samos (pop: 1,890) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) E of Karlovasi (pop: 6,710) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (21 mi) W of Kusadasi (Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
42 km (26 mi) S of Seferihisar (Turkey) (pop: 19,600) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) WSW of Selçuk (Turkey) (pop: 29,100) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) W of Söke (Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
53 km (33 mi) SSW of Menderes (Turkey) (pop: 22,000) --> See nearby quakes!
56 km (35 mi) SW of Torbalı (Turkey) (pop: 50,300) --> See nearby quakes!
278 km (173 mi) E of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Few Clouds 17°C (63 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: NOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Estimated released energy: 4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 3.913 km47 Km W of Soeke, GreeceNOA
M 4.18 kmDodecanese Islands, GreeceEMSC
M 4.15.3 km41 Km WNW of Soeke, GreeceKOERI-RETMC

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Izmir (Turkey, 73 km N of epicenter) : Hafif oldu az önce sanırım yatak sallandı gibi (reported through EMSC)
Urla (Turkey, 59 km NW of epicenter) : Küçük bir sarsıntı. Camlar biraz titredi ama otururken hissettim. It’s a little shake. The windows shaked a liittle and I felt it while I was sitting. (reported through EMSC)
Karabağlar (Turkey, 68 km N of epicenter) : I felt like swiming (reported through EMSC)
Torbalı (Turkey, 60 km NE of epicenter) : Hissedildi (reported through EMSC)
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