Greece earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 10 km NE of Gáïos, Greece

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Gáïos, Greece on Fri, Jun 29, 2007, 9:09 PM GMT+3 (18:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Jun 29, 2007, 9:09 PM GMT+3
UTC: 2007-06-29 18:09:11 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 39.268° N, 20.263° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 46
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.43	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (VI) at Igoumenitsa, (V) at Parga and (III) at Kassiopi and Kerkyra. Felt at Argostolion, Avliotai, Graikochorion, Ioannina, Karousades, Kato Korakiana, Kavos, Kokkinion, Lefkimmi, Nydrion, Perama, Perdika, Preveza, Syvota, Thessaloniki and Ypsos. Felt (III) at Bari, Brindisi and Taranto, Italy.

From the USGS event page for usp000ff3j. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

46 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 351°, dip 32°, rake 126°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 131°, dip 65°, rake 70°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 34°
Stations used: 600

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ff3j (also filed as us2007eea6, gcmtc200706291809a, gcmt20070629180911, iscgem12691213). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC.