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Minor mag. 1.1 earthquake - Greece: 5 Km WSW From Patrai on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:37 pm (GMT +2) -

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Minor mag. 1.1 earthquake - Greece: 5 Km WSW From Patrai on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:37 pm (GMT +2) Minor mag. 1.1 earthquake - Greece: 5 Km WSW From Patrai on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:37 pm (GMT +2)

Minor magnitude 1.1 earthquake at 20 km depth

6 Dec 19:40 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 3 minutes.
6 Dec 19:44: Magnitude recalculated from 1.0 to 1.1.
6 Dec 19:48: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 13.6 to 20.0 km (from 8.5 to 12.4 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 0.7 km (0.4 mi) towards N.
6 Dec 19:48: Now using data updates from NOA

Earthquake details

Date & timeDec 6, 2022 19:37:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenterTuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:37 pm (GMT +2)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude1.1
Depth20.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude38.2347°N / 21.6756°E (Greece)
Antipode38.235°S / 158.324°W
Shaking intensityNot felt
Primary data sourceNOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Nearest volcanoSousaki (128 km / 80 mi)
Nearby towns and cities5 km (3 mi) NNW of Paralia (pop: 6,340) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
5 km (3 mi) WSW of Patras (pop: 168,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
14 km (9 mi) NE of Kato Achaḯa (Dimi) (pop: 5,750) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
22 km (14 mi) SW of Nafpaktos (pop: 13,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
36 km (22 mi) W of Aigio (pop: 20,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
49 km (30 mi) SSE of Agrinio (pop: 46,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
56 km (35 mi) NNE of Amaliada (pop: 16,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
182 km (113 mi) W of Athens (pop: 664,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 13.5°C (56 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released2.8 x 106 joules (0.783 kilowatt hours) | about seismic energy
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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.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
1.120 kmGreece: 5 Km WSW From PatraiNOA
1.120 kmGreeceRaspberryShake

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 1.1, such a quake wouldn't normally be felt by people, but could be recorded instrumentally.
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake.

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68 years ago
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25 years ago
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30 years ago
5.6

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31 years ago
5.6

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Jun 16, 1990 02:16
33 years ago
5.6

32 km		151km / 94miNomos Prevézis, Epirus, 28 km NE of Antipaxos Island, GreeceMore
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39 years ago
5.6

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40 years ago
5.6

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42 years ago
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61 years ago
5.6

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62 years ago
5.6

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Feb 23, 1960 07:34
63 years ago
5.6

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63 years ago
5.6

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Sep 2, 1958 01:13
64 years ago
5.6

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Nov 27, 1957 03:08
65 years ago
5.6

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4 years ago
5.5

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13 years ago
5.5

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17 years ago
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