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Magnitude2.9

Reported by EMSC5d ago

M2.9 earthquake in Greece

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 00:36:49 UTC · 39.360°N, 20.500°E

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in Greece on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 00:36:49 UTC, at a depth of 0.0 km (shallow).

Magnitude
2.9
Minor · ml
Depth
0 km
Shallow
Reported by
EMSC
Agency EMSC
Nearest tracker
61 km
from Lefkada

Outlined circle: this earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

338 kg of TNT

That is about 1/44,601 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 1,413 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

99 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

0 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.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 50 km

USGS and EMSC list 1 M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event; the largest was M2.5 on September 24, 2026. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M31h6h1d3dMainshock M2.9
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 2.5Greece2d ago · 38 km NW of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 656 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.026 km SW of Lixoúri, GreeceJanuary 17, 1983 · 150 km S of this epicenter
  2. 6.97 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, GreeceSeptember 26, 1932 · 296 km E of this epicenter
  3. 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 136 km S of this epicenter
  4. 6.86 km SW of Galaxídhion, GreeceMarch 31, 1965 · 195 km SE of this epicenter
  5. 6.832 km SW of Lithakiá, GreeceOctober 25, 2018 · 205 km S of this epicenter
  6. 6.7Ionian SeaNovember 15, 1959 · 169 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 225 km N of this epicenter
  8. 6.75 km SW of Domvraína, GreeceFebruary 24, 1981 · 246 km SE of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 193 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 6,316 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1851M6.6

    Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey

    12 Oct 1851 · 144 km away · intensity XI

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

  2. 1953M7.2

    Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)

    12 Aug 1953 · 121 km away · intensity X

    476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami

  3. 1851

    Berat

    17 Oct 1851 · 144 km away · intensity X

    400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  4. 1820M6.9

    Zakinthos (Zante)

    29 Dec 1820 · 191 km away · intensity X

    388 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  5. 1886M6.8

    Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra

    27 Aug 1886 · 272 km away · intensity X

    326 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  6. 1767M6.7

    Kefalonia

    11 Jul 1767 · 121 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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