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2011-08-20 mb 4.9 SOUTHERN GREECE

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Magnitude	mb 4.9
Region	SOUTHERN GREECE
Date time	2011-08-20 02:00:24.0 UTC
Location	37.92 N ; 21.71 E
Depth	7 km
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Witness location : Dymi (Greece) (26 km NW from epicenter)

παρατήρησα πως τις δυο τελευταίες φορές που έκανε σεισμό βγήκαν 1-2 μέρες πριν καβούρια στην στεριά!!!!!!!!!!! ίσως τυχαίο γεγονός αλλά μου έκανε εντύπωση

Witness location : Dymi (Greece) (26 km NW from epicenter)

ΠΟΛΥ ΔΥΝΑΤΟΣ ΜΕ ΑΡΚΕΤΗ ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΥΝΑΤΟ ΗΧΟ.

Witness location : Movri (Greece) (31 km NW from epicenter)

it woke us up. There was a noise before the earthquake and then the bed started shaking! It lasted some seconds - more than 30 seconds. We went outside of the house and our neighbours did the same!

Witness location : Patrai (Greece) (37 km N from epicenter)

Was very strong and alot noice

Witness location : Patrai (Greece) (37 km N from epicenter)

It was almost three minutes long, one of the longest earthquakes I've experienced. It was swaying and trembling combined.

Witness location : Patrai (Greece) (37 km N from epicenter)

The earthquake woke us up. Lasted quite some time and shoke in a different way that recent earthquajes in the Patras gulf so I immediately understood it originated from a longer distance.

Witness location : Patrai (Greece) (37 km N from epicenter)

Me and my wife woke up but not the children

Witness location : Patrai (Greece) (37 km N from epicenter)

From the type of oscillation, I believed that the focus would be far enough away from Patras, where I live. The oscillation was somewhat long period. Most of people felt the shake but not panicked because the nature of the oscillations that I mentioned before.

Witness location : Sympoliteia (Greece) (43 km NE from epicenter)

Nothing for greek standards.

Witness location : Aigio (Greece) (49 km NE from epicenter)

ΔΥΝΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕ ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ. ΝΟΜΙΖΑ ΠΩΣ ΣΤΑΜΑΤΗΣΕ Κ ΠΩΣ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ 1 - 1,5 ΛΕΠΤΟ ΕΚΑΝΕ ΜΕΤΑΣΕΙΣΜΟ.

Witness location : Diakopto (Greece) (52 km NE from epicenter)

at first sound then rattling for a few seconds until over

Witness location : Nafpaktos (Greece) (54 km N from epicenter)

I JUST GO TO SLEEP THIS QUAKE FELT LIKE IT CAME FROM FAR AWAY BUT IT FELT BIG!IT STARTED SOFT GOT BIGGIER STARTED GETING SOFT AGAIN BUT THEN IT PICKED UP!IT WAS LONG LASTING!AS I SEE I AM FAR FROM THE CENTER OF THE QUAKE HOPE NO ONE IS HURT BY THIS QUAKE!

Witness location : Nafpaktos (Greece) (54 km N from epicenter)

htan arketa aisthitos!

Witness location : Akrata (Greece) (59 km NE from epicenter)

ΔΥΝΑΤΟΣ ΜΕ ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ

Witness location : Oiniades (Greece) (66 km NW from epicenter)

Φάνηκε ότι ήταν δυνατός σεισμός γιατί έδωσε την αίσθηση ότι σταμάτησε αλλά μετα πάλι συνέχισε!

Witness location : Tripolis (Greece) (74 km SE from epicenter)

Ήταν ένα τρέμολο αρκετά ισχυρό για να ξυπνήσει κάποιον που κοιμάτε. Η διάρκεια του ήταν περίπου 30sec.

Witness location : Tripolis (Greece) (74 km SE from epicenter)

laying in bed- felt the bed shaking

Witness location : Xylokastro (Greece) (83 km E from epicenter)

Slow but strong movement, I guess it may have lasted for 30 seconds being heavy at first smoothed after 20 seconds and then strong again for alittle bit until it faded away.

Witness location : Kalamata (Greece) (104 km S from epicenter)

What really worries me is that in the past 7 days...more than 45 Earthquakes within 2.3 - 4.8 ML were noticed nearby my town..I do think this is not so occasionally ...i fear that a big Earthquake will soon unfortunately happen

Witness location : Kallithea (Greece) (175 km E from epicenter)

this one came in two different fases, first a long swaying, then a shorter one, lasted around 30 seconds.

Witness location : Athens (Greece) (176 km E from epicenter)

Light feeling of the earthquake for a few seconds in  Athens. I was on bed at the time (not sleeping).

Witness location : Athens (Greece) (176 km E from epicenter)

Η δόνηση έγινε αισθητή στο κέντρο της Αθήνας.Ήταν διακριτή η αίσθηση ότι πρόκειται για σεισμό.Η διάρκεια ήταν περίπου 5-10sec δίνοντας την αίσθηση ότι σταμάτησε και συνεχίστηκε...

Witness location : Nea Filadelfeia (Greece) (179 km E from epicenter)

As I live on the 5th floor, i often feel a lot of earthquakes that other floors do not realize, then i get on your website to check magnitude.