Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 12 km SE of Géfyra, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Géfyra, Greece on Fri, Aug 31, 2007, 5:07 AM GMT+3 (02:07 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 68 km N of Kolympári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-08-31 02:07:36 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.620° N, 23.150° 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 usp000fm1x. 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
105°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.345 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 6972 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.160 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 6966 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.223 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 6959 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.315 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 6958 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 3.417 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 6958 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.21 km W of Skála, Greece · 6956 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.145 km SW of Adámas, Greece · 6943 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.821 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 6937 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.315 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 6934 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.629 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 6932 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.339 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 6931 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.229 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 6926 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.67 km S of Galatás, Greece · 6923 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 3.568 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 6915 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.932 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 6914 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 3.748 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 6981 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.85 km SE of Drépanon, Greece · 6986 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.025 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 6991 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 3.219 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 6991 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fm1x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.