M3.6 earthquake 29 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 29 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece on Mon, Jan 8, 2007, 5:44 AM GMT+2 (03:44 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 25 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-08 03:44:43 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.507° N, 25.880° 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 usp000f1xz. 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
- 80°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.225 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.528 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.821 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.633 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7206 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.630 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7187 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.731 km N of Psará, Greece · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.432 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 7178 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.69 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 7163 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.27 km E of Mantamádos, Greece · 7163 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.82 km N of Behram, Turkey · 7159 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.945 km S of Mýrina, Greece · 7157 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 7155 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.228 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7154 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.4Near the coast of western Turkey · 7153 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Behram, Turkey · 7153 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.035 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7153 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.327 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7152 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.025 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7152 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.422 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7152 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.226 km NE of Mýrina, Greece · 7150 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.155 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.342 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Polichnítos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.720 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.329 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.015 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7219 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.721 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.322 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.122 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7222 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.511 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7230 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1xz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.