Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 1 km SSW of Athens, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Athens, Greece on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 2:21 PM GMT+3 (11:21 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km SSW of Sikyón, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-16 11:21:02 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.970° N, 23.720° 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 usp000fqpf. 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
189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km NNE of Fylí, Greece · 6927 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.114 km W of Kými, Greece · 6926 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.67 km S of Galatás, Greece · 6926 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.715 km E of Psachná, Greece · 6925 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.915 km N of Kými, Greece · 6924 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.62 km SSW of Kórinthos, Greece · 6923 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.8southern Greece · 6921 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.810 km NW of Mégara, Greece · 6916 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.90 km WNW of Límni, Greece · 6915 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.55 km SSW of Sikyón, Greece · 6914 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.925 km E of Póros, Greece · 6910 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.82 km SW of Thrakomakedónes, Greece · 6906 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 3.07 km NNW of Neméa, Greece · 6905 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.61 km SSE of Kyrás Vrýsi, Greece · 6899 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.02 km W of Malakónta, Greece · 6898 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.51 km NE of Áno Liósia, Greece · 6894 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 3.11 km SSE of Acharnés, Greece · 6894 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.76 km NE of Kiáto, Greece · 6890 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.10 km E of Ýdra, Greece · 6889 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.92 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 6889 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.99 km NNW of Loukísia, Greece · 6877 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.15 km NNW of Póros, Greece · 6875 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.88 km E of Oxílithos, Greece · 6932 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.00 km N of Orchomenós, Greece · 6932 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.629 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 6934 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.23 km W of Lávrio, Greece · 6940 days ago · 183 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.62 km N of Kryonéri, Greece · 6941 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.70 km ESE of Khalándrion, Greece · 6941 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 3.18 km SE of Sofikón, Greece · 6942 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.66 km SW of Politiká, Greece · 6952 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.610 km NE of Kiáto, Greece · 6955 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.210 km WSW of Oxílithos, Greece · 6956 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.58 km N of Yimnón, Greece · 6956 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 3.512 km W of Oxílithos, Greece · 6956 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqpf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.