M3.3 earthquake 14 km WSW of Aianí, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Aianí, Greece on Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 12:01 PM GMT+2 (10:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km S of Mesopotamía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-29 10:01:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.110° N, 21.670° 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 usp000g09u. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.63 km S of Mesopotamía, Greece · 6785 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.10 km ENE of Eleoúsa, Greece · 6766 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 6766 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9Greece · 6764 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Deskáti, Greece · 6758 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.28 km ESE of Deskáti, Greece · 6757 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 3.413 km ENE of Leskovik, Albania · 6793 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.33 km SW of Megála Kalývia, Greece · 6793 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.38 km SW of Aianí, Greece · 6795 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.34 km NW of Empório, Greece · 6805 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.23 km SE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 6807 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.219 km SW of Grevená, Greece · 6819 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g09u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC.