M4.0 earthquake 27 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece on Wed, Aug 29, 2007, 3:48 AM GMT+3 (00:48 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-29 00:48:07 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.650° N, 26.670° 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 usp000fkx8. 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
- 97°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.213 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6972 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 19
- 4.119 km NW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6972 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.123 km NW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6971 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.321 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.253 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6965 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.439 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.826 km NE of Firá, Greece · 6962 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.226 km ENE of Mesariá, Greece · 6960 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Amorgós, Greece · 6952 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6950 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6950 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.412 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6950 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.222 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6950 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.115 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.717 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.814 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.418 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.514 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6947 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6947 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.368 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6945 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.319 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6942 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.362 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6936 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.217 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.030 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6930 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.050 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6929 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6926 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6924 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.626 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 6914 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 3.319 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 6977 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.020 km ENE of Firá, Greece · 6988 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6989 days ago · 128 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.211 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6989 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.813 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6991 days ago · 136 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.814 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6993 days ago · 138 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6998 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.557 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7002 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fkx8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.