M3.8 earthquake 14 km SSE of Kos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Kos, Greece on Sun, Sep 23, 2007, 8:20 PM GMT+3 (17:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 10 km E of Sými, 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
- 2007-09-23 17:20:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.782° N, 27.365° 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 usp000fnys. 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
- 58°
- 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.418 km W of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 56 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.514 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6947 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6947 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.319 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6942 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.362 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6936 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.217 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.310 km E of Sými, Greece · 6932 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.030 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6930 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.620 km NNW of Émponas, Greece · 6930 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.050 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6929 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 6927 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.523 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 6926 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.433 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6926 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6924 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.626 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 6915 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.824 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6914 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.111 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6912 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.514 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6911 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.529 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 6910 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.913 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6908 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.418 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.117 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6903 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6899 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.57 km N of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6898 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.512 km SSE of Pythagóreio, Greece · 6898 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.222 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6892 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.717 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 6949 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.115 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6949 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.222 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6950 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.412 km SE of Kos, Greece · 6950 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6950 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6950 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.515 km N of Émponas, Greece · 6958 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.439 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.253 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6966 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 6966 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.321 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 6967 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.220 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6968 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.019 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 6969 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.213 km NNW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6972 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 19
- 4.027 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6975 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.319 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 6977 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Kremastí, Greece · 6979 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fnys. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.