M 4.8 earthquake – 2 km SW of Samos, Greece
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Local time: Oct 30, 2020 · 18:19 (UTC+3)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 37.743, 26.95630 km from Kuşadası
- Energy released
- 239 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 15M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 354USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 30, 2020.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 239 tons of TNT, 2 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
15 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.2 7 km NE of Samos, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.2 5 km WSW of Kokkári, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.1 10 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.9 10 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece Oct 31, 2020
- 4.2 5 km W of Kokkári, Greece Oct 31, 2020
- 4.0 4 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece Oct 31, 2020
- 4.2 9 km NNE of Samos, Greece Nov 1, 2020
- 4.2 1 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece Nov 1, 2020
- 4.4 2 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece Nov 1, 2020
- 4.3 5 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece Nov 2, 2020
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.7 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece Jul 9, 1956
- 7.3 34 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey Apr 25, 1957
- 7.3 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey Mar 18, 1953
- 7.3 15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece Feb 9, 1948
- 7.2 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey Mar 28, 1970
- 7.2 61 km W of Eresós, Greece Dec 19, 1981
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.1 27 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey Apr 24, 1957
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.