M3.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Aegina, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Aegina, Greece on Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 5:57 PM GMT+2 (15:57 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 2 km SW of Thrakomakedónes, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-29 15:57:01 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.630° N, 23.510° 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 usp000fxqa. 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
- 217°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.921 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 6819 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.13 km ESE of Xylókastro, Greece · 6815 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.57 km NE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 6813 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.92 km SW of Thrakomakedónes, Greece · 6803 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.53 km WSW of Thrakomakedónes, Greece · 6801 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.07 km NNW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 6799 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.516 km E of Geráki, Greece · 6796 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.413 km E of Geráki, Greece · 6796 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Leonídio, Greece · 6793 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.14 km NNW of Áyios Vasílios, Greece · 6787 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.43 km NW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 6781 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Kranídi, Greece · 6781 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Marmárion, Greece · 6776 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.43 km SSE of Neméa, Greece · 6774 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.613 km WNW of Neméa, Greece · 6772 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.38 km SW of Leonídio, Greece · 6772 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of Kypséli, Greece · 6767 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.05 km NNW of Khiliomódhi, Greece · 6764 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.39 km N of Póros, Greece · 6822 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.610 km NE of Xylókastro, Greece · 6823 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.816 km E of Limín Mesoyaías, Greece · 6834 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Palaiá Fókaia, Greece · 6837 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.91 km ENE of Kárystos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.95 km SW of Leonídio, Greece · 6840 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.97 km SSW of Leonídio, Greece · 6840 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Leonídio, Greece · 6842 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Leonídio, Greece · 6843 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.411 km SE of Spétses, Greece · 6845 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Leonídio, Greece · 6845 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 6.215 km WNW of Leonídio, Greece · 6845 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 521
- 3.64 km SSW of Galatás, Greece · 6847 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxqa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.