Mag. 3.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 45 km southwest of Pýrgos, Ilia Prefecture, Western Greece, on Saturday, 27 October 2018 at 05:39 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.7 quake Ionian Sea, 29 km southwest of Lithakia, Greece, 25 October 2018 22:54 GMT, which had occurred 1 jour 7 heures earlier.
Mag. 3.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 45 km southwest of Pýrgos, Ilia Prefecture, Western Greece, on Saturday, 27 October 2018 at 05:39 (GMT)

Minor magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 2 km depth

27 Oct 05:52 UTC: Premier à signaler: EMSC après 13 minutes.
Date & time: 27 Oct 2018 05:39:24 UTC
Magnitude: 3.8
Profondeur: 2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.4°N / 21.06°E (Ionian Sea, Grèce)
Volcan le plus près: Sousaki (189 km / 117 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
36 km SSE de Vasilikos (pop: 285) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
45 km SSE de Zákynthos (pop: 11,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
45 km SO de Pýrgos (Pirgos) (pop: 22,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
50 km S de Arkoudi (pop: 1,310) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
51 km SSO de Amaliada (pop: 16,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
53 km SSO de Gastouni (pop: 8,110) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
53 km O de Zacharo (pop: 5,890) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
54 km ONO de Filiatra (pop: 6,970) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
111 km SSO de Patras (pop: 168,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
244 km OSO de Athènes (pop: 664,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
103 km SSE de Kefalonia Island (pop: 34,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
49 km SSE de Nisida Voïdi Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
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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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 3.82 km SOUTHERN GREECEEMSC

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Patra (Greece, 134 km NE of epicenter) : Μάλλον ανεπαίσθητος. (reported through EMSC)
(Greece, 57 km N of epicenter) : With all these quakes I'm starting to feel sea sick and very afraid I have never lived through so many ever before we are in zakynthos (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 3.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 45 km southwest of Pýrgos, Ilia Prefecture, Western Greece, on Saturday, 27 October 2018 at 05:39 (GMT)
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