Just 16 minutes ago, a 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Preveza, Préveza, Epirus, Greece. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Thursday, August 13th, 2026, at 5:38 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 14.70 km below the surface.The event was filed by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 2.7 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA) at magnitude 2.7, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 2.7, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 2.7.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Athani (pop. 200) located 3 km from the epicenter. In Lefkada (pop. 8,700, 25 km away), Palairos (pop. 2,600, 33 km away), Ithaki (pop. 1,800, 34 km away), Kandila (pop. 1,200, 35 km away), Preveza (pop. 17,300, 39 km away), Vonitsa (pop. 4,700, 42 km away), Astakos (pop. 2,600, 47 km away), and Lixouri (pop. 3,800, 50 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Aug 13, 2026 05:38 pm (GMT +3) local time (13 Aug 2026 14:38 GMT)Magnitude: 2.7Depth: 14.70 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 38.64°N / 20.55°E (Ionian Islands, Greece)Primary data source: NOA