Map of reported shaking of this morning's earthquake in Epirus, GreeceEarly morning today (8 Mar 2026), Greece's Epirus region was shaken by a strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake, which was felt over large parts of the country. The earthquake's shallow depth of only 2 km (according to estimated from Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens) made it particularly noticeable. The tremor was particularly strong for the area of ​​the Municipality of Zitsa.Within minutes of the quake struck, we received about 200 reports from as far as about 150-300 km distance. Successive aftershocks of 4.7 and 3.4 on the Richter scale and many smaller ones have been recorded as well and are expected to continue for a while.Even though overall damage seems to be moderate or minor only, authorities warn that houses that have suffered even minor damage should not be used before being checked by experts.The Deputy Mayor for Civil Protection of the Municipality of Ioannina, Efthimios Chrysostomou, reported that many residents came out of their homes out of fear, while, as often happens in earthquakes above 5 on the Richter scale, temporary power outages occurred.Earthquake data: Date & time: Mar 8, 2026 05:32 am (Athens time) local time (8 Mar 2026 03:32 GMT)Magnitude: 5.5Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 39.68°N / 20.74°E (Dimos Zitsa, Epirus, Greece)Primary data source: USGS