M3.8 earthquake 11 km ENE of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Methóni, Greece on Sat, Aug 28, 1999, 2:38 PM GMT+3 (11:38 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-08-28 11:38:37 UTC
- Depth
- 78.2 km (48.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.868° N, 21.824° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Methoni.
From the USGS event page for usp0009drm. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 3.761 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 9909 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.961 km S of Methóni, Greece · 9911 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.844 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 9911 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.869 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 9917 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.789 km S of Methóni, Greece · 9924 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.313 km SSW of Messíni, Greece · 9925 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.950 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9929 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009drm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.