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Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 14 Km E From Thermo Aitoloakarnania on Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 8:45 am (GMT +3) -

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Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 14 Km E From Thermo Aitoloakarnania on Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 8:45 am (GMT +3) Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - Greece: 14 Km E From Thermo Aitoloakarnania on Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 8:45 am (GMT +3)

Minor magnitude 1.6 earthquake at 20 km depth

1 Apr 05:52 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 7 minutes.
1 Apr 05:59: Now using data updates from NOA

Earthquake details

Date & timeApr 1, 2023 05:45:02 UTC -
Local time at epicenterSaturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 8:45 am (GMT +3)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude1.6
Depth19.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude38.5501°N / 21.8198°E (Greece)
Antipode38.55°S / 158.18°W
Shaking intensityNot felt
Primary data sourceNOA (National Observatory of Athens)
Nearest volcanoSousaki (130 km / 81 mi)
Nearby towns and cities9 km (6 mi) WNW of katafygio (pop: 256) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
14 km (8 mi) E of Thérmo (Thermo) (pop: 1,960) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
18 km (11 mi) N of Nafpaktos (pop: 13,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
18 km (11 mi) NE of Metaxas (pop: 50) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
24 km (15 mi) ESE of Palaiokarya (pop: 132) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
25 km (16 mi) E of Gavalou (pop: 1,020) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
31 km (19 mi) NE of Galatas (pop: 1,060) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
178 km (111 mi) WNW of Athens (pop: 664,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 8.9°C (48 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from WSW
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
1.620 kmGreece: 14 Km E From Thermo AitoloakarnaniaNOA
1.620 kmGreeceRaspberryShake

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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39 years ago
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42 years ago
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54 years ago
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61 years ago
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64 years ago
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65 years ago
5.6

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66 years ago
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66 years ago
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