Mag. 3.1 earthquake - 0.5 km west of Ámpelos, Samos, North Aegean, Greece, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 12:24 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 3 weeks earlier.
Mag. 3.1 earthquake - 0.5 km west of Ámpelos, Samos, North Aegean, Greece, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 12:24 am (GMT +2)

Minor magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 16 km depth

22 Nov 22:28 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 3 minutes.
22 Nov 22:31: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 8.0 km (from 6.2 to 5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards N.
23 Nov 00:09: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 8.0 to 10.0 km (from 5 to 6.2 mi).
23 Nov 00:12: Now using data updates from NOA
Date & time: 22 Nov 2020 22:24:43 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, 23 Nov 2020 12:24 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 16.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.8012°N / 26.7966°E (Samos, North Aegean, Greece)
Nearest volcano: Akyarlar (105 km / 65 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
0 km (0 mi) W of Ampelos (pop: 252) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NE of Marathokampos (pop: 1,070) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NW of Mytilinioi (pop: 1,980) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (8 mi) N of Spatharaioi (pop: 236) --> See nearby quakes!
22 km (14 mi) WNW of Charavgi (pop: 54) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (23 mi) SW of Özdere (İzmir, Turkey) (pop: 13,500) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (25 mi) W of Kusadasi (Aydın, Turkey) (pop: 63,200) --> See nearby quakes!
54 km (33 mi) W of Söke (Aydın, Turkey) (pop: 68,200) --> See nearby quakes!
147 km (91 mi) S of Mytilene (Mitilini) (pop: 28,300) --> See nearby quakes!
270 km (168 mi) E of Athens (Attica) (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) N of Samos Island (pop: 34,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: NOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 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 3.116 kmDODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECENOA
M 3.310.7 kmAEGEAN SEA, GreeceKOERI-RETMC
M 3.210 kmGreeceEMSC

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
izmir seferihisar / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s
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Mag. 3.1 earthquake - 0.5 km west of Ámpelos, Samos, North Aegean, Greece, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 12:24 am (GMT +2)

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