M3.8 earthquake 11 km S of Kos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 11 km S of Kos, Greece on Mon, May 21, 2007, 10:30 AM GMT+3 (07:30 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 31 km SE 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
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-21 07:30:50 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.790° N, 27.290° 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 usp000fce6. 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
- 85°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7072 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7071 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.28 km W of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7070 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.411 km NNE of Ródos, Greece · 7069 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.628 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7069 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.213 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7069 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.714 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7067 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.431 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7059 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.110 km ESE of Pátmos, Greece · 7056 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.254 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7054 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.111 km SSW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7054 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.126 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7047 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.257 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7045 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.018 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7045 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.119 km ESE of Kardámaina, Greece · 7044 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.260 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7040 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 7036 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.648 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7030 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Ródos, Greece · 7026 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.718 km W of Émponas, Greece · 7025 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.110 km W of Datça, Turkey · 7025 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.022 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 7023 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.210 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 7023 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.014 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7018 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.064 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7015 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 3.07 km NNE of Mandráki, Greece · 7075 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.311 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7075 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.447 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7086 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.112 km W of Kremastí, Greece · 7090 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.233 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7099 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fce6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.