M3.0 earthquake 25 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece on Sun, Aug 12, 2007, 9:58 PM GMT+3 (18:58 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 48 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-12 18:58:21 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.470° N, 22.960° 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 usp000fjh2. 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
- 149°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.748 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 6981 days ago · 89 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.175 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6981 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.112 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 6972 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.345 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 6972 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.160 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 6966 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.223 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 6958 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.315 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 6958 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.417 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 6958 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.21 km W of Skála, Greece · 6956 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.937 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6938 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 6937 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.458 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6935 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.315 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 6933 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.339 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 6931 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 3.219 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 6991 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.323 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7013 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.330 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7013 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.212 km NE of Koróni, Greece · 7014 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.912 km ESE of Geráki, Greece · 7017 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjh2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.