A 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred offshore the eastern coast of Crete Island, Greece. The figure shows the Forecast-points (green triangles) in which the alert levels are estimated. The isochrones (concentric curves starting from the epicenter) represent the tsunami propagation times estimated in the rapid simulation.
Today, 12.26.2021, at 19:59 Italian time (18:59 UTC), a 5.5 magnitude earthquake was located offshore the eastern coast of Crete Island, Greece, at coordinates (lat, lon) 34.95N 26.93E and about 10 km hypocentral depth.
The earthquake magnitude and the hypocentral localization, according to the decisional matrix, activated the Tsunami Alert Center service that within 7 minutes from the earthquake (20:06 Italian time), sent an INFORMATION message to the Civil Protection Department and to the Mediterranean Countries.
The area where today's earthquake occurred - in the last two years - has been affected by strong earthquakes. Between 01/30/2020 and 12/26/2021, six earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5.5 were recorded. A Local Watch alert was issued for the 02.05.2020, magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
✉️ Information message sent to the Italian Civil Protection and to the Mediterranean Countries that have subscribed the CAT-INGV services.