Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 72 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Thursday, 5 Nov 2020 2:02 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 6 days earlier.
Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 72 km south of İzmir, Turkey, Greece, on Thursday, 5 Nov 2020 2:02 pm (GMT +2)

Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 11 km depth

5 Nov 12:06 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 4 minutes.
5 Nov 12:11: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 15.0 to 12.0 km (from 9.3 to 7.5 mi).
5 Nov 12:16: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 12.0 to 11.0 km (from 7.5 to 6.8 mi).
5 Nov 12:17: Now using data updates from NOA
Date & time: 5 Nov 2020 12:02:28 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 5 Nov 2020 2:02 pm (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.5
Depth: 11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.7866°N / 26.9101°E (Aegean Sea, Greece)
Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (96 km / 60 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km (1 mi) ENE of Kokkari (pop: 1,060) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) NNW of Pythagoreio (pop: 1,270) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) E of Karlovasi (pop: 6,710) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) WSW of Kusadasi (Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
44 km (27 mi) W of Söke (Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
44 km (27 mi) WSW of Selçuk (Turkey) (pop: 29,100) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (29 mi) S of Seferihisar (Turkey) (pop: 19,600) --> See nearby quakes!
54 km (34 mi) NW of Didim (Turkey) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
57 km (35 mi) SW of Torbalı (Turkey) (pop: 50,300) --> See nearby quakes!
280 km (174 mi) E of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 19°C (66 F), humidity: 55%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: NOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 3.511 kmDODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECENOA
M 3.38.1 kmSISAM ADASI (EGE DENIZI), GreeceKOERI-RETMC
M 3.411 kmGreeceEMSC

User reports for this quake (7)

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Leka (19.8 km W of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Samos (Greece, 9 km E of epicenter) : 3 seconds shaking (reported through EMSC)
İzmir (Turkey, 75 km N of epicenter) : Veeee bir kez daha. Her seferi daha da yıpratıyor sinirleri (reported through EMSC)
Kuşadası (Turkey, 35 km E of epicenter) : Hafif (reported through EMSC)
Kuşadası (Turkey, 35 km E of epicenter) : Kusadasi hafif ama botsin artika yaa ruh halimiz yerle bir (reported through EMSC)
Samos (Greece, 9 km E of epicenter) : Soft (reported through EMSC)
Kokkári (Greece, 1 km NE of epicenter) : Soft. (reported through EMSC)
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