M 6.2 in Greece on 22 May 2025 03:19 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 1482784
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 64 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8112 , 25.8577
Event Date: 22 May 2025 03:19 UTC
22 May 2025 06:19 Local
Exposed Population: 50 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 22 May 2025 04:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Greece)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000q0pq Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Greece - Earthquake (ECHO 27 May 2025)Thu, 22 May 2025 09:36

  • On 22 May at 3.16 UTC (22 May at 6.16 local time), an earthquake of 6.1 M occurred in south-eastern Greece. The epicentre was located over the sea approximately 59 km north-northeast of Neapoli Lasithiou, northern Crete island.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 192,000 people were exposed to moderate shaking. 
  • According to media, as of 22 May, the earthquake was felt in Egypt, Israel and Türkiye.
  • There are no reports of casualties or damage so far.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (92), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),