M 7.0 earthquake – 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece
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Local time: Oct 30, 2020 · 14:51 (UTC+3)
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- Magnitude
- 7.0moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 21 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 37.897, 26.78434 km from Seferihisar
- Energy released
- 477 kilotons of TNTabout 32 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- 711"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.2max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 27M2.5+ within 73 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 1,526USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1981
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Dec 19, 1981.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 477 kilotons of TNT, 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
27 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 73 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.4 5 km NW of Marathókampos, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.0 4 km N of Samos, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.9 8 km N of Kokkári, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.3 3 km E of Vathý, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 5.3 8 km NW of Kokkári, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.8 2 km SW of Samos, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.2 7 km NE of Samos, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 4.2 17 km NE of Agios Kirykos, 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
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