Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 67 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 2:20 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 12 hours earlier.
Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 67 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 2:20 am (GMT +2)

Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 14 km depth

31 Oct 00:23 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 2 minutes.
31 Oct 00:24: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 14.0 to 2.0 km (from 8.7 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.6 km (1.6 mi) towards E.
31 Oct 00:28: Magnitude recalculated from 3.6 to 3.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.0 to 10.0 km (from 1.2 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.1 km (1.3 mi) towards WSW.
31 Oct 00:56: Now using data updates from NOA
Date & time: 31 Oct 2020 00:20:51 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 2:20 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.9
Depth: 14.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.8168°N / 27.0026°E (Greece)
Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (97 km / 60 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
4 km (3 mi) NNE of Agia Paraskevi (pop: 26) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) NNE of Pythagoreio (pop: 1,270) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) WSW of Kusadasi (Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
26 km (16 mi) E of Karlovasi (pop: 6,710) --> See nearby quakes!
35 km (22 mi) WSW of Selçuk (Turkey) (pop: 29,100) --> See nearby quakes!
36 km (23 mi) WNW of Söke (Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) SSE of Seferihisar (Turkey) (pop: 19,600) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) SW of Torbalı (Turkey) (pop: 50,300) --> See nearby quakes!
50 km (31 mi) SSW of Menderes (Turkey) (pop: 22,000) --> See nearby quakes!
288 km (179 mi) E of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) N of Agathonisi Island (pop: 150) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) SE of Chios Island (pop: 32,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Few Clouds 17°C (63 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from N
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 3.914 km36 Km WNW of Soeke, GreeceNOA
M 4.216 kmKusadasi Korfezi (aegean Sea), GreeceKOERI-RETMC
M 3.710 kmWestern Turkey, GreeceEMSC

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49.9 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
Buca (Turkey, 68 km N of epicenter) : Artcilarla hala sallaniyoruz (reported through EMSC)
Davutlar (Turkey, 31 km E of epicenter) : Woke me up...Sogucak Kusadasi..wardrobe shaking (reported through EMSC)
Ödemiş (Turkey, 98 km NE of epicenter) : Kısa bir çatırdama oldu (reported through EMSC)
Didim (Turkey, 53 km SE of epicenter) : Didim felt (reported through EMSC)
Didim (Turkey, 53 km SE of epicenter) : Light shake (reported through EMSC)
Kuşadası (Turkey, 25 km E of epicenter) : Biraz sallandı. Ben kuşadasındayım evimiz sağlam pek bir şey olmadı (reported through EMSC)
Kuşadası (Turkey, 25 km E of epicenter) : Shaking slowly. (reported through EMSC)
Palaiókastro (Greece, 8 km S of epicenter) : Samos strong deep short jolt. Few seconds. (reported through EMSC)
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