Greece earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 26 km NNE of Psará, Greece

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Psará, Greece on Fri, Nov 9, 2007, 9:11 AM GMT+2 (07:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-11-09 07:11:55 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.743° N, 25.714° E
Region
Greece
Felt reports
7
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
4.9Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
4.9Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

What happened

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

Felt (II) at Izmir, Turkey. Also felt at Mytilini, Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp000fs85. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak 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
Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 264°, dip 49°, rake -140°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 145°, dip 61°, rake -49°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
26°
Stations used
216

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.215 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.222 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.026 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.223 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.115 km N of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 3.327 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 3.825 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6902 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 4.120 km N of Psará, Greece · 6901 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.27 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6901 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.519 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6900 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6900 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.9Aegean Sea · 6899 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 3.824 km N of Psará, Greece · 6899 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.515 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 6897 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.429 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 6896 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 3.533 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6892 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 3.324 km N of Psará, Greece · 6885 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.858 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece · 6881 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.322 km W of Thymianá, Greece · 6878 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.26 km NNE of Çe?me, Turkey · 6875 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 3.411 km SW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 6874 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.624 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6870 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 3.14 km E of Karaburun, Turkey · 6869 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 3.413 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6869 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 3.416 km ESE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6868 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 3.436 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 3.510 km S of Plomári, Greece · 6867 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.518 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6866 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 3.710 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 6866 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.92 km SSE of Míthymna, Greece · 6864 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 3.77 km E of Míthymna, Greece · 6863 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 3.1Aegean Sea · 6858 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.916 km S of Skýros, Greece · 6854 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 3.626 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 6854 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 4.420 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6853 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  36. 3.627 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6853 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 3.615 km WNW of Thymianá, Greece · 6850 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 3.416 km WNW of Thymianá, Greece · 6850 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 3.327 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6849 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 3.335 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6845 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 4.128 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 3.922 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 3.227 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6843 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.225 km N of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.727 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.238 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 56 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 5.225 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6903 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.69 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.814 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.419 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.816 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.46 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.76 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.98 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.618 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.315 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.512 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.57 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.716 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.512 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6904 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.312 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 6910 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.59 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece · 6910 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.527 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 6910 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fs85 (also filed as us2007jmaz, gcmtc200711090711a, gcmt20071109071155). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.