M3.8 earthquake 13 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece on Sun, Aug 12, 2007, 5:36 AM GMT+3 (02:36 UTC), 136 km (85 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km NNW of Astypálaia, 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 (M), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-12 02:36:27 UTC
- Depth
- 136.1 km (84.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.453° N, 26.439° 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 usp000fjf2. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.93 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6990 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.020 km ENE of Firá, Greece · 6988 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.448 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6987 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.025 km S of Emporeío, Greece · 6977 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.027 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6975 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.542 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 6974 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.213 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6972 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 19
- 4.119 km NW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6972 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.123 km NW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6971 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.253 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6966 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.439 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.826 km NE of Firá, Greece · 6962 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.226 km ENE of Mesariá, Greece · 6961 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.054 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6955 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.151 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6953 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Amorgós, Greece · 6952 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.412 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6950 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.115 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.814 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.418 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.514 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6947 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6947 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.368 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6945 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.319 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6942 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.362 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6936 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 3.814 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6994 days ago · 138 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.531 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6996 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.557 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7002 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.525 km N of Fry, Greece · 7008 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.232 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7010 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.85 km ENE of Oía, Greece · 7012 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.056 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7014 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.263 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7014 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.064 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7015 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjf2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC.