M3.9 earthquake 47 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece on Tue, Jan 9, 2007, 2:49 PM GMT+2 (12:49 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 36 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-09 12:49:41 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.640° N, 20.270° 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 usp000f21j. 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
- 142°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.369 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7204 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.86 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7202 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.223 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7202 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.338 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7202 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.43 km ESE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7200 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.213 km WNW of Manoláda, Greece · 7200 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.234 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7200 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.313 km NNE of Kyllíni, Greece · 7200 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.334 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7200 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.253 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7199 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.417 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 7198 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.212 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 7196 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9southern Greece · 7188 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.03 km SE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7182 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.713 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7180 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.236 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7178 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.172 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7175 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.31 km SSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 7157 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.30 km WSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 7153 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.339 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7150 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.449 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7150 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.545 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7148 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.856 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7148 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.44 km ENE of Valsamáta, Greece · 7208 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.44 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7209 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.537 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 7214 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.63 km S of Kyllíni, Greece · 7215 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7217 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.95 km SW of Valsamáta, Greece · 7217 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.58 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7217 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.430 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7217 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.778 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.844 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7222 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.64 km SSE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7226 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.515 km S of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7235 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.59 km WSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7236 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f21j. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.