Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:49 | 2 hours in the past | By: EarthquakeMonitor
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake close to Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, was reported solely 11 minutes in the past by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), thought-about one of many key worldwide businesses that monitor seismic exercise worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a really shallow depth of 5. km beneath the epicenter round midday on Tuesday, March seventeenth, 2026, at 12:37 pm native time. The precise magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake could be revised throughout the subsequent few hours or minutes as seismologists evaluate knowledge and refine their calculations, or as different businesses situation their report.
Our monitoring service recognized a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.2. Other businesses reporting the identical quake embrace The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS) at magnitude 4.2, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 3.9, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) at magnitude 4.0, The Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA) at magnitude 4.0, and the citizen-seismograph community of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic knowledge, the quake mustn’t have prompted any vital injury, however was most likely felt by many individuals as gentle vibration within the space of the epicenter.
Weak shaking may need been felt in Klimatia (pop. 500) situated 14 km from the epicenter, Paramythia (pop. 2,600) 16 km away, Eleousa (pop. 3,500) 20 km away, Kardamitsia (pop. 3,200) 20 km away, Ioannina (pop. 65,600) 22 km away, Anatoli (pop. 9,800) 22 km away, and Igoumenitsa (pop. 9,500) 31 km away.
Other cities or cities close to the epicenter the place the quake may need been felt as very weak shaking embrace Arta (pop. 21,900) situated 58 km from the epicenter, and Preveza (pop. 17,300) 72 km away.
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Date & time: Mar 17, 2026 12:37 pm (Athens time) native time (17 Mar 2026 10:37 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 5.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.59°N / 20.61°E 
(Dimos Zitsa, Epirus, Greece)
Primary knowledge supply: EMSC
