M 4.4 earthquake – 18 km E of Kentrí, Greece
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Local time: Oct 26, 2026 · 15:20 (UTC+2)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 35.033, 25.95481 km from Irákleion
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 1"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 2.7max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 9, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Greece.
- 7.9 Southern Greece Aug 11, 1903
- 7.7 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece Jul 9, 1956
- 7.3 34 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey Apr 25, 1957
- 7.3 15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece Feb 9, 1948
- 7.0 5 km NNW of Kéfalos, Greece Jun 26, 1926
- 6.7 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece Aug 13, 1922
- 6.7 26 km NE of Kýthira, Greece Jan 8, 2006
- 6.6 11 km ENE of Kos, Greece Jul 20, 2017