M3.5 earthquake 4 km NNE of Íos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Íos, Greece on Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 4:50 PM GMT+2 (14:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km NE of Oía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-20 14:50:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.770° N, 25.300° 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 usp000f32n. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.912 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7189 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.47 km S of Páros, Greece · 7186 days ago · 165 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.418 km N of Amorgós, Greece · 7169 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.78 km NE of Oía, Greece · 7166 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.528 km S of Amorgós, Greece · 7145 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f32n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC.