M3.7 earthquake Dodecanese Islands, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece on Sun, Apr 8, 2007, 7:00 AM GMT+3 (04:00 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 11 km NNE of Samos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-08 04:00:49 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.900° N, 26.960° 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 usp000f91p. 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
- 169°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.315 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7115 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.516 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7104 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7087 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7074 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.28 km W of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7072 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.811 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 7062 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f91p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC.