Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Sun, Apr 20, 2008, 10:07 PM GMT+3 (19:07 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 11 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-04-20 19:07:56 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.370° N, 26.510° 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 usp000g4ef. 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
275°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.343 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6736 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.723 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6736 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.778 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6731 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.369 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6731 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.572 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6731 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.695 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6723 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.123 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6719 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.788 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6718 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.220 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6718 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.661 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6714 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.19 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6710 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.412 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6709 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.1Crete, Greece · 6708 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.7103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6707 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.258 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6707 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.246 km S of Fry, Greece · 6705 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.347 km S of Fry, Greece · 6704 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.352 km S of Fry, Greece · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.097 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6702 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 3.334 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6702 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 3.038 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6700 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.116 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6700 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 3.5129 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6699 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 3.3102 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6699 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 3.599 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6696 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 3.796 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6690 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.671 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 3.025 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.929 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 3.115 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 5.111 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.718 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.913 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 3.131 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 3.015 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 3.022 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.927 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 3.027 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.517 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.99 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 3.026 km S of Sitia, Greece · 6687 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.610 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.928 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 3.025 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 3.255 km S of Fry, Greece · 6681 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 3.241 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6679 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.277 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6740 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.343 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6741 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.278 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6742 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.372 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6742 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 3.258 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6749 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.363 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6759 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.4111 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6760 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.450 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6761 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.435 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6769 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4ef. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.