Contact | RSS | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - Eastern Mediterranean, 53 km southeast of Pigadia, Greece, on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022 at 10:09 pm (GMT +2) -

Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 35 km depth

26 Nov 23:14 UTC: First to report: USGS after 3 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 26, 2022 20:09:35 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Nov 26, 2022 at 10:09 pm (GMT +2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.4
Depth	35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	35.31°N / 27.7423°E (Eastern Mediterranean, Greece)
Antipode	35.31°S / 152.258°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Nisyros (150 km / 93 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	53 km (33 mi) ESE of Pigadia (pop: 2,240) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) SSW of Lardos (pop: 1,350) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 132 km (82 mi) SSW of Rhodos (pop: 56,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 178 km (111 mi) SSW of Marmaris (Turkey) (pop: 33,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 181 km (112 mi) SSE of Kos Stadt (Kos) (pop: 19,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) SW of Fethiye (Turkey) (pop: 60,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 194 km (121 mi) S of Bodrum (Turkey) (pop: 39,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 466 km (289 mi) SE of Athens (pop: 664,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹¹ joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

Show interactive Map

[smaller] [bigger]

Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.

Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	16 km	Greece: 66 Km ESE From Karpathos	NOA
4.6	56 km	Dodecanese Islands, Greece	GFZ
4.4	60 km	DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE	EMSC
4.4	35 km	Dodecanese Islands, Greece	RaspberryShake
4.3	86 km	Greece: MEDITERRANEAN SEA	KOERI-RETMC
4.4	60 km	Greece: Karpathos / Sporaden	ZAMG
4.4	35 km	52 Km ESE of Karpathos, Greece	USGS

Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in Turkey

Seismograms

Seismic station: Ankara, Turkey (ANTO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 674 km / 419 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Ankara, Turkey: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (4)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!

Translate

vlore albania / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s : i was laying on my bed and since it was dinnertime in my house everyone else was either up or too focused on their conversations.It wasn't THAT big but i felt it and it was a bit scary not going to lie the shaking lasted for maybe 10 seconds

Výronas, Nomarchía Athínas, Attica (462.7 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Zagazig, Sharqia (631.7 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / very short

Pigadia Karpathos / not felt

Earlier earthquakes in the same area

Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!

Try our free app!

Android | iOS version

Why is there advertising on this site?

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:

Improved multilanguage support
Tsunami alerts
Faster responsiveness

Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:

Design upgrade
Detailed quake stats
Additional seismic data sources

Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS

Thank you!

Sources: VolcanoDiscovery / VolcanoAdventures and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most text and images on our websites are owned by us. Re-use is generally not permitted without authorization. Contact us for licensing rights.

Volcanoes & Earthquakes