Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 49 km SW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 49 km SW of Émponas, Greece on Sun, May 11, 2008, 9:27 AM GMT+3 (06:27 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 7 km NE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-11 06:27:19 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.920° N, 27.460° 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 usp000g62x. 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
174°
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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.59 km NE of Fry, Greece · 6718 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 3.242 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6715 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.553 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6711 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.627 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6710 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6710 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.217 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.223 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6709 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.432 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.238 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.237 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6708 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.755 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6707 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.369 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6705 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.528 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6690 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.013 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 6687 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.29 km S of Fry, Greece · 6685 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.626 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6684 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.531 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6684 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.67 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6684 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.149 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.229 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.117 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 6683 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.541 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 3.135 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 3.445 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 3.89 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 3.744 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 3.43 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 4.26 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 3.110 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 3.44 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 3.68 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 3.47 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 4.57 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 3.27 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 3.49 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 3.712 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 3.29 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6679 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 3.313 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6678 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 3.356 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6673 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 3.137 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6670 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 3.359 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6665 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 3.121 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6662 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 3.27 km N of Émponas, Greece · 6661 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 3.020 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 6728 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6729 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.221 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6735 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.351 km ESE of Lárdos, Greece · 6737 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.357 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.352 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6740 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.155 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.216 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6742 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.37 km ENE of Émponas, Greece · 6743 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.333 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6744 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.336 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6744 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g62x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.