Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 38 km west of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece, on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 2:14 pm (GMT +3) -
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Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 15 km depth
21 May 11:16 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 1 minute.
21 May 11:19: Now using data updates from NOA
21 May 11:40: Magnitude recalculated from 3.8 to 3.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 17.8 to 15.3 km (from 11.1 to 9.5 mi).
21 May 11:19: Now using data updates from NOA
21 May 11:40: Magnitude recalculated from 3.8 to 3.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 17.8 to 15.3 km (from 11.1 to 9.5 mi).
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 21, 2022 11:14:35 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 2:14 pm (GMT +3) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.6 |
| Depth | 15.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.9827°N / 22.0015°E  (Phthiotis, Central Greece, Greece) |
| Antipode | 38.983°S / 157.999°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NOA (National Observatory of Athens) |
| Nearest volcano | Sousaki (150 km / 93 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) SSE of Rovoliari (pop: 303) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) WNW of Makrakomi (pop: 2,250) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Karpenisi (pop: 6,890) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) WSW of Domokos (pop: 1,530) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) WNW of Lamia (pop: 52,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) S of Karditsa (Thessaly) (pop: 32,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) SW of Farsala (Lárisa, Thessaly) (pop: 10,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) NW of Athens (Attica) (pop: 664,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  25.7°C (78 F), humidity: 36%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from ENE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.6 | 15 km | Greece: 9 Km SSE From Redina | NOA |
| 4.3 | 10 km | Greece | GFZ |
| 4.1 | 5 km | GREECE | EMSC |
| 4.1 | 10 km | Greece | RaspberryShake |
| 4.1 | 10 km | 8 Km NW of Makrakómi, Greece | USGS |
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