M 5.8 in Greece on 24 Apr 2026 03:18 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1537093
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 12.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.9345 , 25.8274
Event Date: 24 Apr 2026 03:18 UTC
24 Apr 2026 06:18 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2026 03:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sshc Scaled population (raster) 1.11  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
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Greece - Earthquake (ECHO 24 Apr 2026)Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:02

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 13 km occurred offshore at approximately 25 km south-east of Goudoura, Lasithi (south-eastern Crete), on 24 April at 3:18 UTC (6:18 local time).
  • There are no immediate reports of casualties and damage. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),