LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
17 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece on 12 Sept 2026, 17:51 UTC. The hypocentre was 34 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 2 times since the first report. 2 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 34 km
- Latitude
- 38.14°N
- Time
- 17:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.8
shallow
20.26°E longitude
12 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.8
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 239 tonnes of TNT.
34 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
2 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.9.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
01 Nov 2026, 11:30 UTC · 70.4 km deep
01 Nov 2026, 11:03 UTC · 133.9 km deep
01 Nov 2026, 10:56 UTC · 31.9 km deep
01 Nov 2026, 10:31 UTC · 377.9 km deep