Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 55 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Fry, Greece on Thu, May 22, 2008, 12:33 PM GMT+3 (09:33 UTC), 31 km (19 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-22 09:33:18 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.720° N, 26.430° 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 usp000g7fx. 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
69°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.246 km S of Fry, Greece · 6705 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.347 km S of Fry, Greece · 6704 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.334 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6701 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.038 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6700 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.116 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6699 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.219 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6698 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.116 km NE of Sísion, Greece · 6696 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 3.225 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 6693 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.250 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6693 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 3.013 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 6687 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.025 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.929 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.115 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 5.111 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.718 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6687 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.913 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.131 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.015 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.022 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.927 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 3.027 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 2.517 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.99 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 3.026 km S of Sitia, Greece · 6686 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.610 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.928 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 3.025 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6686 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 3.29 km S of Fry, Greece · 6685 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 3.531 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6684 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 3.67 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6684 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 3.229 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 3.117 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 6683 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.541 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 3.89 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 3.744 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.8Crete, Greece · 6681 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.43 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6681 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 3.255 km S of Fry, Greece · 6681 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 4.26 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 3.110 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 3.44 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 3.68 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 3.47 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 4.57 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.27 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 3.49 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 3.712 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 3.29 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6679 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6678 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 3.313 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6678 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 3.249 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6676 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 3.356 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6673 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 3.438 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6668 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 3.642 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6666 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 3.921 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6665 days ago · 138 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 3.359 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6665 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 3.121 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6662 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 3.160 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.947 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.833 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 3.1Crete, Greece · 6708 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.237 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6708 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.238 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.432 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.259 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 6711 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.553 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6711 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.242 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6715 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.314 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6717 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.59 km NE of Fry, Greece · 6718 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.849 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6718 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.329 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6728 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6729 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.221 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6735 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.723 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6736 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g7fx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.