M3.1 earthquake 24 km SW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 24 km SW of Eresós, Greece on Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 1:19 AM GMT+2 (23:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 38 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-27 23:19:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.010° N, 25.740° 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 usp000g2h2. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 245°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.47 km WSW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 6761 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6760 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.338 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6751 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6751 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6737 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.139 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6735 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.238 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6734 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6733 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.423 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6730 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.321 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6728 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.232 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6723 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.342 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 6714 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.113 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6709 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.312 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6764 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6770 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Agiásos, Greece · 6775 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6775 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.58 km WNW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6782 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6785 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Polichnítos, Greece · 6786 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.323 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6791 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.49 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 6792 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6792 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2h2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC.