M2.9 earthquake 8 km WNW of Aidipsós, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Aidipsós, Greece on Mon, Mar 31, 2008, 2:36 PM GMT+3 (11:36 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 14 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-31 11:36:49 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.900° N, 22.950° 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 usp000g2tb. 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
- 112°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Aegean Sea · 6759 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.79 km WSW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 6756 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.320 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6756 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.513 km SE of Galaxídhion, Greece · 6750 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.27 km SSW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 6743 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.26 km N of Xylókastro, Greece · 6743 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.26 km E of Témeni, Greece · 6742 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.36 km S of Kaména Voúrla, Greece · 6736 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.25 km E of Spercheiáda, Greece · 6730 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Oreoí, Greece · 6724 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.812 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 6720 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Politiká, Greece · 6715 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.020 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 6712 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.24 km WSW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 6711 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.918 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 6709 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.416 km ESE of Domokós, Greece · 6705 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.414 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 6704 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.08 km NNE of Xylókastro, Greece · 6760 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Anthíli, Greece · 6762 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.011 km WSW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 6769 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.419 km ESE of Domokós, Greece · 6770 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.730 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 6771 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Antikyra, Greece · 6772 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.410 km WNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 6780 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 6781 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Psachná, Greece · 6785 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2tb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC.