M2.7 earthquake 6 km E of Ammochóri, Greece
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km E of Ammochóri, Greece on Mon, Apr 23, 2007, 5:53 AM GMT+3 (02:53 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 2 km E of Pogradec, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-23 02:53:03 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.778° N, 21.556° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000facp. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.28 km NNE of Xinó Neró, Greece · 7100 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.28 km S of Ersekë, Albania · 7098 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Bel?išta, North Macedonia · 7093 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.44 km S of Komniná, Greece · 7092 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Patrída, Greece · 7092 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.31 km SSE of Ammochóri, Greece · 7073 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.32 km E of Pogradec, Albania · 7073 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.21 km NW of Pogradec, Albania · 7073 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.816 km SW of Pogradec, Albania · 7072 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.35 km NNE of Makrýgialos, Greece · 7068 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 7068 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.410 km N of Kónitsa, Greece · 7048 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.43 km NE of Stavrós, Greece · 7047 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.110 km SW of Ersekë, Albania · 7046 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000facp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.