M3.6 earthquake 40 km S of Moíres, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 40 km S of Moíres, Greece on Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 8:24 PM GMT+2 (18:24 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 54 km SSE of Ierápetra, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-19 18:24:25 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.690° N, 24.850° 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 usp000fuu7. 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
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.023 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6858 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6855 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.228 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6855 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.153 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6844 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Ano Arhanes, Greece · 6840 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.123 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6840 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6837 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.447 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6829 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.320 km N of Gázi, Greece · 6820 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.353 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6818 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Crete, Greece · 6814 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.027 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.520 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6805 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 3.825 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6862 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.180 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6863 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.563 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6863 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Tympáki, Greece · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.514 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6868 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.678 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6869 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.5Crete, Greece · 6871 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.213 km SSE of Arkalochóri, Greece · 6878 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.225 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6878 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.326 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 6878 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.01 km WSW of Mália, Greece · 6879 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.755 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6881 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.833 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6881 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.6Crete, Greece · 6885 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.62 km E of Arkalochóri, Greece · 6885 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.33 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 6885 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fuu7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.