M3.6 earthquake 26 km N of Astypálaia, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 26 km N of Astypálaia, Greece on Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 2:55 AM GMT+3 (23:55 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km NNE of Náxos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-27 23:55:15 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.790° N, 26.320° 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 usp000fre1. 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
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.365 km SSW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6912 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.514 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.913 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6909 days ago · 130 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.222 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6892 days ago · 140 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.132 km WSW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6892 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.29 km ENE of Firá, Greece · 6883 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.410 km NNE of Náxos, Greece · 6882 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Firá, Greece · 6881 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.918 km NE of Firá, Greece · 6878 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.420 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 6872 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.423 km ENE of Firá, Greece · 6871 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.227 km ESE of Íos, Greece · 6869 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.020 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6866 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.510 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6864 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.131 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6856 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.014 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 6856 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fre1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.