Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:49 | 2 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, was reported only 11 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 5. km beneath the epicenter around noon on Tuesday, March 17th, 2026, at 12:37 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.2. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS) at magnitude 4.2, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 3.9, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) at magnitude 4.0, The Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA) at magnitude 4.0, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Klimatia (pop. 500) located 14 km from the epicenter, Paramythia (pop. 2,600) 16 km away, Eleousa (pop. 3,500) 20 km away, Kardamitsia (pop. 3,200) 20 km away, Ioannina (pop. 65,600) 22 km away, Anatoli (pop. 9,800) 22 km away, and Igoumenitsa (pop. 9,500) 31 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Arta (pop. 21,900) located 58 km from the epicenter, and Preveza (pop. 17,300) 72 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: Mar 17, 2026 12:37 pm (Athens time) local time (17 Mar 2026 10:37 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 5.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.59°N / 20.61°E (Dimos Zitsa, Epirus, Greece)
Primary data source: EMSC
