M 4.4 earthquake – 25 km ENE of Mesariá, Greece
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Local time: Apr 8, 2026 · 09:54 (UTC+3)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 36.477, 25.716138 km from Irákleion
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 2M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 16, 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.
Aftershocks
2 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
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
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.1 27 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey Apr 24, 1957
- 7.0 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 7.0 5 km NNW of Kéfalos, Greece Jun 26, 1926