M3.7 earthquake 22 km SE of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 22 km SE of Fry, Greece on Sun, Sep 14, 2008, 11:04 PM GMT+3 (20:04 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 42 km S of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-14 20:04:51 UTC
- Depth
- 48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.302° N, 27.122° 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 usp000gh22. 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
- 104°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.716 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6553 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.337 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6553 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.649 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6545 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.042 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6542 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.032 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6540 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.042 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6539 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6534 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.058 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6532 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.136 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6593 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.455 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6602 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.015 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6602 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.139 km S of Fry, Greece · 6603 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.263 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6606 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.935 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6607 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.730 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 6607 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.125 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6607 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.859 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6608 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.529 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 6608 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.436 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6608 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.924 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6608 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.330 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6609 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.129 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.535 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.854 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.032 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 6613 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.428 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6614 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.067 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6614 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gh22. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.