Mag. 3.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 5.9 km northwest of Nisida Prasoudi Island, Grece-Centrale, Greece, on Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 12:49 pm (GMT +2) -

Minor magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 7 km depth

14 Jan 10:52 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 3 minutes.
14 Jan 10:55: Now using data updates from NOA
14 Jan 14:52: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 6.6 km (from 3.1 to 4.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.1 km (2.5 mi) towards NE.

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Date & time: 14 Jan 2021 10:49:18 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 12:49 pm (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 6.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.3775°N / 22.0638°E

(Ionian Sea, Greece)
Nearest volcano: Sousaki (103 km / 64 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km (1 mi) WSW of Glyfada (pop: 477) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (9 mi) N of Aigio (pop: 20,400) --> See nearby quakes!
21 km (13 mi) E of Nafpaktos (pop: 13,400) --> See nearby quakes!
28 km (17 mi) W of Galaxidi (pop: 3,030) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) WSW of Amfissa (pop: 6,850) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) ENE of Patras (pop: 168,000) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) NW of Sylivainiotika (pop: 1,600) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) WSW of Delphi (pop: 2,370) --> See nearby quakes!
42 km (26 mi) NE of Vrachnaiika (pop: 2,570) --> See nearby quakes!
152 km (94 mi) WNW of Athens (pop: 664,000) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (18 mi) W of Nisida Agios Georgios Island --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) E of Kefalonia Island (pop: 34,500) --> See nearby quakes!

Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky

9.1°C (48 F), humidity: 38%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NNW

Primary data source: NOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) More info

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Magnitude	Depth	Location	Source
M 3.8	6.6 km	- 16 km ENE of Náfpaktos, Greece	NOA
M 3.8	5 km	GREECE	EMSC
M 3.8	10 km	Greece	NIEP
M 4.2	10 km	16 Km ENE of Náfpaktos, Greece	USGS
M 4.2	10 km	Navpaktos / Griechenland, Greece	ZAMG

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