M3.3 earthquake 39 km WNW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 39 km WNW of Eresós, Greece on Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 9:17 PM GMT+3 (18:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 38 km NE of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-24 18:17:43 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.310° N, 25.520° 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 usp000gd2c. 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
- 118°
- Stations used
- 11
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.338 km NE of Psará, Greece · 6638 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6638 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.736 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6637 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.337 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6636 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.424 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6628 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.15 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.524 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6609 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6606 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.364 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 6603 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.427 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6603 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.18 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6595 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.415 km W of Pétra, Greece · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 2.825 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6648 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.027 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6648 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.415 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6652 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Behram, Turkey · 6653 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.38 km SSE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 6655 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.335 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6659 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.439 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6663 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.038 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 6670 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6671 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.41 km NNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6671 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gd2c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.