An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurred 27 km northwest of Larissa, Greece, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Larissa, Lárisa, Thessaly, Greece, around noon on Wednesday 3 March 2021 at 12:16 pm local time. 

The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.

Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been felt by everybody in the area of the epicenter. In those areas, dangerous ground shaking occurred with the potential to inflict moderate to heavy damage to buildings and other infrastructure.

The affected countries: Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Albania