M3.6 earthquake 2 km WSW of Chóra, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Chóra, Greece on Wed, Sep 19, 2007, 3:19 AM GMT+3 (00:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 7 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-09-19 00:19:59 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.694° N, 26.885° 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 usp000fnn6. 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
- 37°
- Stations used
- 34
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.415 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.016 km S of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6941 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6924 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.512 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.716 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.67 km ESE of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.018 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.57 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.512 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.315 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.618 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.315 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.98 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.76 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.816 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.419 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.814 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.27 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6901 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.411 km SSW of Urla, Turkey · 6900 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.519 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6900 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.57 km N of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6898 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.512 km SSE of Pythagóreio, Greece · 6898 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.39 km ESE of Marathókampos, Greece · 6896 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 3.313 km SSE of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 6966 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.321 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Urla, Turkey · 6973 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.48 km S of Özdere, Turkey · 6984 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6984 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fnn6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC.