Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 5 km NNE of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Émponas, Greece on Sun, Nov 9, 2008, 9:48 AM GMT+2 (07:48 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 17 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-09 07:48:54 UTC
Depth
61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.270° N, 27.890° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Rhodes.

From the USGS event page for usp000gn9p. 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
96°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.81 km ENE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6537 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6535 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.521 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6530 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.517 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6530 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.828 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6529 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.910 km ESE of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6522 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.747 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6515 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.129 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 6510 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.715 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 6504 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.122 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 6504 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.424 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6502 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.053 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6493 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.532 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6488 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.042 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6542 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.323 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gn9p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.