Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - Adriatic Sea, 13 km northeast of Aghios Georgios, Greece, on Sunday, 27 Dec 2020 11:27 am (GMT +2) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Greece | Quakes in Albania| Ionian Islands | Qarku i Vlorës | Epirus | Attica
Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 2 km depth
27 Dec 10:00 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 33 minutes.
27 Dec 10:01: Magnitude recalculated from 3.2 to 3.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 4.0 to 2.0 km (from 2.5 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 5.6 km (3.5 mi) towards SE.
27 Dec 10:01: Magnitude recalculated from 3.2 to 3.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 4.0 to 2.0 km (from 2.5 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 5.6 km (3.5 mi) towards SE.
Date & time: 27 Dec 2020 09:27:26 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 27 Dec 2020 11:27 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.81°N / 19.8°E
(Adriatic Sea, Greece)Nearby towns and cities:
5 km (3 mi) WNW of Pithos (pop: 26) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NE of Aghios Georgios (pop: 4,960) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) WNW of Ksamil (Albania) (pop: 2,990) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) WSW of Sarande (Rrethi i Sarandës, Albania) (pop: 15,100) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) NNW of Corfu (Kerkira) (pop: 27,000) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (19 mi) WSW of Delvinë (Albania) (pop: 3,920) --> See nearby quakes!
36 km (22 mi) N of Aghios Matheos (pop: 1,090) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) NNW of Lefkimmi (pop: 2,940) --> See nearby quakes!
53 km (33 mi) NW of Igoumenitsa (pop: 9,500) --> See nearby quakes!
396 km (246 mi) WNW of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (13 mi) ESE of Nisi Ereikoussa Island (pop: 496) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (9 mi) W of Vrachonisida Peristerai Island (pop: 1) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) NNW of Paxos Island (pop: 2,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds
10.3°C (51 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 14 m/s (27 kts) from SE
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Overcast Clouds
10.3°C (51 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 14 m/s (27 kts) from SEEstimated released energy: 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) More info
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.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.1 | 2 km | KERKIRA REGION, GREECE | EMSC |
User reports for this quake (6)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Kassiopi, Kerkira (10.6 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
23.5 km S of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s
26.9 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
12 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single vertical bump / very short
Sidari / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Wow
Ipsos, North East coast of Corfu / not felt
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
