Reported by EMSC2d ago
M2.5 earthquake in Greece
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 10:01:16 UTC · 39.666°N, 20.296°E
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Greece on Thursday, September 24, 2026, 10:01:16 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.5
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency IGEO
- Nearest tracker
- 99 km
- from Lefkada
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
85 kg of TNT
That is about 1/177,558 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 5,623 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
133 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
15 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 have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 629 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.026 km SW of Lixoúri, GreeceJanuary 17, 1983 · 182 km S of this epicenter
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 285 km N of this epicenter
- 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 174 km S of this epicenter
- 6.86 km SW of Galaxídhion, GreeceMarch 31, 1965 · 229 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.832 km SW of Lithakiá, GreeceOctober 25, 2018 · 240 km S of this epicenter
- 6.7Ionian SeaNovember 15, 1959 · 204 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 193 km N of this epicenter
- 6.75 km SW of Domvraína, GreeceFebruary 24, 1981 · 279 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 188 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7,255 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 106 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 283 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1953M7.2
Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)
12 Aug 1953 · 158 km away · intensity X
476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 106 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1820M6.9
Zakinthos (Zante)
29 Dec 1820 · 229 km away · intensity X
388 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1767M6.7
Kefalonia
11 Jul 1767 · 156 km away · intensity X
303 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.