M3.0 earthquake 8 km SW of Askós, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Askós, Greece on Thu, Aug 28, 2008, 12:31 PM GMT+3 (09:31 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 1 km SSE of Asvestochóri, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-28 09:31:00 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.690° N, 23.320° 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 usp000gfty. 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
- 93°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km W of Askós, Greece · 6609 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Néa Vrasná, Greece · 6608 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.811 km NW of Kilkís, Greece · 6604 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.81 km SSE of Asvestochóri, Greece · 6601 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.63 km N of Bogdanci, North Macedonia · 6596 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.512 km WSW of Sykiá, Greece · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.521 km E of Pyrgetós, Greece · 6591 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.821 km NE of Agiá, Greece · 6580 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.212 km SW of Néa Michanióna, Greece · 6611 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.97 km N of Ormýlia, Greece · 6612 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Kassándreia, Greece · 6615 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.011 km E of Paralía Ofryníou, Greece · 6623 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.32 km N of Palaiochóri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfty. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.