M3.6 earthquake 21 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 21 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece on Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 12:06 AM GMT+2 (22:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km NNE of Mytilinioí, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-25 22:06:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.760° N, 26.130° 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 usp000fzys. 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
- 110°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.011 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6790 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.54 km SW of Kokkári, Greece · 6788 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6782 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Samos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.32 km S of Pythagóreio, Greece · 6781 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6766 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6765 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6764 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6751 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6749 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.513 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 6745 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.54 km E of Vathý, Greece · 6740 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.318 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fzys. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.