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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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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Terremoto a Creta, forte scossa di magnitudo 5.8 4/24/2026 7:14:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.8 si è verificato oggi venerdì 24 aprile a Creta, in Grecia. Registrato alle 5:18 ora italiana dall’Ingv, il sisma è stato localizzato a una profondità di 15 km. La scossa è stata segnalata anche da
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Terremoto al largo di Creta: magnitudo 5.8 4/24/2026 7:13:00 AM.

C''è stato un terremoto di magnitudo 5.8 al largo dell''isola greca di Creta. Il sisma si è verificato quando in Italia erano le 5.18 di oggi 24 aprile. Secondo quanto riporta l''Istituto di geofisica e vulcanologia, la scossa si è verifica
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Crete, Greece -- GFZ 4/24/2026 6:53:00 AM.

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Crete, Greece at 0318 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 3
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Crete, Greece -- GFZ 4/24/2026 6:51:00 AM.

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Crete, Greece at 0318 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 3
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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),