M3.4 earthquake 24 km NW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 24 km NW of Míthymna, Greece on Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 7:21 AM GMT+3 (04:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 25 km NNE of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-17 04:21:07 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.545° N, 26.015° 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 usp000fqre. 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
- 159°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.325 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6926 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.912 km E of Vareiá, Greece · 6926 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.228 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6925 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.837 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6924 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.116 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.320 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.921 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.921 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.622 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.621 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.521 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6922 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.321 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6921 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.523 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6920 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.928 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 6917 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.59 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece · 6910 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 6910 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.319 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 6910 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.023 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6908 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.225 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 3.238 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.727 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.225 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.926 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 3.222 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.026 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.223 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.327 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.825 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.120 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6900 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 6899 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6899 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.515 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 6898 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6893 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.533 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6892 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.324 km N of Psará, Greece · 6885 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.858 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece · 6881 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.624 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6871 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.436 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6868 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.510 km S of Plomári, Greece · 6868 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.710 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 6866 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 3.214 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 6927 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.622 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6937 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.229 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6937 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.610 km W of Dikili, Turkey · 6937 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Dikili, Turkey · 6937 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.426 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6944 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Behram, Turkey · 6947 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.123 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6952 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqre. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.