PRELIMINARY REPORT The earthquake of January 8, 2013 at SE of Limnos Island, Northern Aegean, Greece
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At 16:16 local time (14:16 GMT) January 8, 2013 a moderate size earthquake ML5.8 (Mw5.7) occurred 40 km SE off the coasts of Limnos island, Northern Aegean, Greece. The epicenter coordinates were calculated to 39.636N 25.576E and the focal depth to 32.3 km (MT centroid depth 8 km) according to the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens (NOAIG). The earthquake was felt at a wide area (the radius over 250km), especially by the population of the surrounding islands in the NE Greece and NW Turkey, as well as by people in Athens (250 km away).
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