Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 37 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 37 km NW of Fry, Greece on Fri, Oct 24, 2008, 2:57 AM GMT+3 (23:57 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 54 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-10-23 23:57:54 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.640° N, 26.610° 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 usp000gkwf. 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
84°
Stations used
54

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 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.554 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6551 days ago · 143 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.032 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6541 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.042 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6540 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6535 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.058 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6533 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 3.747 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6516 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.444 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6511 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.442 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6500 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 3.716 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6554 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gkwf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.