Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 108 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 108 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Thu, Aug 30, 2007, 12:49 PM GMT+3 (09:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 61 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-08-30 09:49:10 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.630° N, 22.750° 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 usp000fm07. 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
115°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.533 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6970 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.761 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6948 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.738 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6945 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.038 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6931 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.651 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6926 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.163 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6924 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.126 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6924 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.952 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6923 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.344 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6923 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.335 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6918 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 3.230 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6974 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.316 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6982 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.788 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6994 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.496 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7000 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.653 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7001 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.4126 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7002 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fm07. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.