Just 40 minutes ago, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Nea Moudhania, Chalkidikí, Central Macedonia, Greece. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, at 8:23 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 14.40 km below the surface.The event was filed by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS), which listed it as a magnitude 3.1 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 2.7, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 2.9, and The Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA) at magnitude 2.9.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Afytos (pop. 1,300) located 11 km from the epicenter, Nea Fokaia (pop. 1,900) 14 km away, Nikiti (pop. 2,700) 14 km away, Kassandreia (pop. 2,800) 15 km away, Ormylia (pop. 3,000) 19 km away, and Neos Marmaras (pop. 3,200) 19 km away. In Nea Moudhania (pop. 9,300, 27 km away), Polygyros (pop. 10,000, 30 km away), and Thermi (pop. 14,400, 65 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 2, 2025 08:23 pm (Athens time) local time (2 Oct 2025 17:23 GMT)Magnitude: 2.9Depth: 14.40 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 40.13°N / 23.56°E (Greece)Primary data source: NOA