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Magnitude2.7

Reviewed by USGSGreece31y ago

M2.7 earthquake 4 km N of Néon Monastírion, Greece

Friday, November 3, 1995, 20:51:15 UTC · 39.283°N, 22.264°E

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km N of Néon Monastírion, Greece on Friday, November 3, 1995, 20:51:15 UTC, at a depth of 20.0 km (shallow).

Magnitude
2.7
Minor · md
Depth
20 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

169 kg of TNT

That is about 1/88,990 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 2,818 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

89 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.

Depth: shallow

20 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 50 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 555 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.34 km WNW of Koróni, GreeceOctober 6, 1947 · 277 km S of this epicenter
  2. 7.2Aegean SeaNovember 8, 1905 · 221 km NE of this epicenter
  3. 7.261 km W of Eresós, GreeceDecember 19, 1981 · 255 km E of this epicenter
  4. 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 288 km N of this epicenter
  5. 7.026 km SW of Lixoúri, GreeceJanuary 17, 1983 · 225 km SW of this epicenter
  6. 7.055 km S of Mýrina, GreeceFebruary 19, 1968 · 233 km E of this epicenter
  7. 6.97 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, GreeceSeptember 26, 1932 · 170 km NE of this epicenter
  8. 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 289 km N of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 178 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 6,452 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1851M6.6

    Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey

    12 Oct 1851 · 257 km away · intensity XI

    2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami

  2. 1953M7.2

    Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)

    12 Aug 1953 · 167 km away · intensity X

    476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami

  3. 1851

    Berat

    17 Oct 1851 · 257 km away · intensity X

    400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  4. 1820M6.9

    Zakinthos (Zante)

    29 Dec 1820 · 192 km away · intensity X

    388 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  5. 1886M6.8

    Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra

    27 Aug 1886 · 248 km away · intensity X

    326 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  6. 1767M6.7

    Kefalonia

    11 Jul 1767 · 193 km away · intensity X

    303 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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