OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TUXY

Magnitude 5.3, 81 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece.

Occurred 2 hours ago (2026-11-02 16:49 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 2 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake, 49 km deep, at 2 Nov 16:49 UTC. USGS places it "81 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.3 · 2026-11-02 16:49 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.7 on 24 Apr 2026 ("9 km E of Kentrí, Greece"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.3 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

Epicentre at 34.481, 26.469 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000tuxy · reviewed · origin 2026-11-02 16:49 UTC · record updated 2026-11-02 17:07 UTC · 34.481, 26.469 · depth 48.5 km · significance 432Occurred 2 hours ago · record revised 2 hours ago · fetched 2026-11-02 18:43 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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