Greece earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 25 km NNE of Psará, Greece

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 25 km NNE of Psará, Greece on Fri, Nov 9, 2007, 3:43 AM GMT+2 (01:43 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-11-09 01:43:04 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.733° N, 25.724° E
Region
Greece
Felt reports
8
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.2Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.18Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
5.2Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Athinaion, Chios and Mytilini, Greece. Also felt at Izmir, Turkey.

From the USGS event page for usp000fs7f. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1
Strike 248°, dip 70°, rake -170°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 155°, dip 80°, rake -21°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
26°
Stations used
378

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.238 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 56 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.727 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.225 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.926 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  5. 3.215 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.222 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.026 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.223 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.115 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.327 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.825 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 4.120 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.27 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6901 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.519 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6901 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6901 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 3.9Aegean Sea · 6900 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6900 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.515 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 6898 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 3.429 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 6897 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.533 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6892 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 3.324 km N of Psará, Greece · 6886 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 3.858 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece · 6881 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 3.322 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 6879 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 3.26 km NNE of Çe?me, Turkey · 6875 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 3.411 km SW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 6875 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 3.624 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6871 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 3.14 km E of Karaburun, Turkey · 6870 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 3.413 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6869 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 3.416 km ESE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6868 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 3.436 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6868 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 3.510 km S of Plomári, Greece · 6868 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.518 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 3.710 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 6866 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.92 km SSE of Míthymna, Greece · 6865 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 3.77 km E of Míthymna, Greece · 6864 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 3.1Aegean Sea · 6859 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.916 km S of Skýros, Greece · 6854 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 3.626 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 6854 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 4.420 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6854 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.627 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6854 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 3.615 km WNW of Thymianá, Greece · 6851 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 3.416 km WNW of Thymianá, Greece · 6850 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 3.327 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6850 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.335 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6845 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 4.128 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 3.922 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 3.227 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6844 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.69 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.814 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.419 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.816 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.46 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.76 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.98 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.618 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.315 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.512 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.57 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.018 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.716 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.512 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6905 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.312 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 6911 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.59 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece · 6911 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.527 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 6911 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.314 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 6922 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.912 km E of Vareiá, Greece · 6926 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 3.424 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6926 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fs7f (also filed as us2007jmaj, gcmtc200711090143a, gcmt20071109014304, iscgem13262495). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.