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Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 9 Km W From Mesochora Trikala on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 11:11 pm (GMT +2) -

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Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 9 Km W From Mesochora Trikala on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 11:11 pm (GMT +2) Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 9 Km W From Mesochora Trikala on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 11:11 pm (GMT +2)

Minor magnitude 1.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

6 Dec 21:16 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 5 minutes.
6 Dec 21:16: Now using data updates from NOA
6 Dec 21:38: Magnitude recalculated from 1.7 to 1.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 9.9 km (from 3.1 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.5 km (0.9 mi) towards WSW.

Earthquake details

Date & timeDec 6, 2022 21:11:12 UTC -
Local time at epicenterTuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 11:11 pm (GMT +2)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude1.6
Depth9.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude39.483°N / 21.2274°E (Greece)
Antipode39.483°S / 158.773°W
Shaking intensityNot felt
Primary data sourceNOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Nearest volcanoSousaki (236 km / 147 mi)
Nearby towns and cities3 km (2 mi) WNW of Pachtouri (pop: 193) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
6 km (3 mi) NNE of Theodoriana (pop: 999) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
11 km (7 mi) SSE of Matsouki (pop: 455) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
14 km (9 mi) ESE of Ktistades (pop: 413) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
14 km (9 mi) SSW of Polythéa (pop: 215) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
15 km (9 mi) NW of Polynéri (Pindei) (pop: 221) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
17 km (10 mi) WSW of Pýrra (pop: 150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
274 km (170 mi) NW of Athens (pop: 664,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 0.9°C (34 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released1.6 x 107 joules (4.4 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
1.69.9 kmGreece: 9 Km W From Mesochora TrikalaNOA
1.69.9 kmGreeceRaspberryShake

Seismograms

Seismic station: Castrocucco, Italy (CUC/MN network) | Distance from quake: 466 km / 290 mi | Show on map | Station Info
Seismic station Castrocucco, Italy: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)
Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool
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User reports for this quake

At magnitude 1.6, 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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