M3.1 earthquake 9 km ENE of Geráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Geráki, Greece on Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 3:40 AM GMT+2 (01:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 21 km NW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-02 01:40:20 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.020° N, 22.810° 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 usp000f1hk. 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
- 156°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.112 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7207 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7205 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.81 km ENE of Ayía Triás, Greece · 7202 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.824 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7201 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.422 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7187 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7184 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.54 km N of Sofikón, Greece · 7179 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.124 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 7173 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.213 km SE of Spétses, Greece · 7172 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.221 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7169 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.231 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7167 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.428 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7165 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Spétses, Greece · 7165 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Spétses, Greece · 7165 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.25 km NNW of Meligalás, Greece · 7162 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.253 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7154 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.08 km E of Dimitsána, Greece · 7154 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Kyrás Vrýsi, Greece · 7153 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.310 km ESE of Methóni, Greece · 7217 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.118 km SSW of Ýdra, Greece · 7221 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.860 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7222 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.824 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.54 km NNW of Meligalás, Greece · 7233 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.021 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 7233 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Palaiá Epídavros, Greece · 7234 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.038 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.028 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7239 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.146 km S of Ýdra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.34 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 7243 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 7243 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1hk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.