M 7.2 earthquake – 61 km W of Eresós, Greece
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Local time: Dec 19, 1981 · 17:10 (UTC+3)
MajorShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.2surface-wave magnitude (ms)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 39.243, 25.227113 km from Ezine
- Energy released
- 951 kilotons of TNTabout 63 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 16M2.5+ within 96 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 798USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1956
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Jul 9, 1956.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 951 kilotons of TNT, 1,995 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
16 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 96 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.5 45 km WNW of Eresós, Greece Dec 19, 1981
- 4.7 47 km WNW of Eresós, Greece Dec 19, 1981
- 4.5 42 km E of Skýros, Greece Dec 20, 1981
- 4.6 58 km W of Eresós, Greece Dec 21, 1981
- 5.0 47 km W of Eresós, Greece Dec 21, 1981
- 5.0 36 km W of Eresós, Greece Dec 21, 1981
- 4.5 49 km ENE of Skýros, Greece Dec 26, 1981
- 6.5 29 km E of Skýros, Greece Dec 27, 1981
- 4.6 36 km E of Skýros, Greece Dec 29, 1981
- 5.3 21 km ESE of Skýros, Greece Dec 29, 1981
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.7 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece Jul 9, 1956
- 7.3 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey Mar 18, 1953
- 7.2 Aegean Sea Nov 8, 1905
- 7.2 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey Aug 9, 1912
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.0 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 7.0 3 km ESE of Soma, Turkey Nov 18, 1919
- 7.0 55 km S of Mýrina, Greece Feb 19, 1968