Reviewed by USGSGreece31y ago
M2.8 earthquake 16 km SW of Aianí, Greece
Saturday, December 23, 1995, 07:18:44 UTC · 40.083°N, 21.663°E
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Aianí, Greece on Saturday, December 23, 1995, 07:18:44 UTC, at a depth of 5.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.8
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 5 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
239 kg of TNT
That is about 1/63,000 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 1,995 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
176 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
5 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
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗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 lists 7 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M3.1 on January 22, 1996. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.
- 3.111 km W of Livaderó, Greece31y ago · 14 km SE of this epicenter
- 2.714 km E of Grevená, Greece31y ago · 5 km W of this epicenter
- 3.12 km W of Aianí, Greece31y ago · 14 km NE of this epicenter
- 2.69 km SSE of Grevená, Greece31y ago · 19 km SW of this epicenter
- 2.810 km SSW of Aianí, Greece31y ago · 8 km E of this epicenter
- 2.911 km SSE of Siátista, Greece31y ago · 11 km NW of this epicenter
- 2.815 km WSW of Aianí, Greece31y ago · 3 km N of this epicenter
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 504 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.2Aegean SeaNovember 8, 1905 · 252 km E of this epicenter
- 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 229 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.026 km SW of Lixoúri, GreeceJanuary 17, 1983 · 260 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.055 km S of Mýrina, GreeceFebruary 19, 1968 · 293 km E of this epicenter
- 6.97 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, GreeceSeptember 26, 1932 · 178 km E of this epicenter
- 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 226 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 220 km S of this epicenter
- 6.86 km SW of Galaxídhion, GreeceMarch 31, 1965 · 202 km S 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 7,319 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 173 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 226 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1953M7.2
Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)
12 Aug 1953 · 212 km away · intensity X
476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 173 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1820M6.9
Zakinthos (Zante)
29 Dec 1820 · 262 km away · intensity X
388 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1767M6.7
Kefalonia
11 Jul 1767 · 227 km away · intensity X
303 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.