Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Greece, no reports of damage
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Greece's Peloponnese region with no immediate reports of damage. The USGS reported a depth of 12.4 km.
Dec 6 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Greece on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of any damage.
The quake was at a depth of 12.4 kilometers (7.71 miles) and was in Peloponnese, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) measured the quake initially at 6.36 magnitude.
(Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; and Lefteris Papadiams in Athens, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Diane Craft)
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Magnitude is a measure of the energy released during an earthquake, typically measured on the Richter scale or moment magnitude scale.
The depth of an earthquake refers to how deep below the Earth's surface the earthquake's focus is located, which can affect the intensity of shaking felt on the surface.
Seismic activity refers to the frequency and intensity of earthquakes in a given area, indicating the level of tectonic movement and potential for future quakes.
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