A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Kokkári in Greece on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000c8s0. Unique identifier: us7000c8s0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.9127 East, latitude 37.8209 North, depth = 15.46 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.46 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/20 / 2020-10-31 22:05:43 / October 31, 2020 @ 10:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:05:43 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Menemen, Aydın, Kemalpaşa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Aydın (c. 163 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kuşadası (c. 63 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Menemen (c. 53 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece.
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