Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 32 km SSE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 32 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, 4:18 AM GMT+2 (02:18 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 67 km SE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-06 02:18:55 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.150° N, 27.070° 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 usp000gn1u. 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
55°
Stations used
66

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.042 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 6539 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6535 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.058 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6532 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.588 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6531 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.444 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6510 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.442 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6500 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6495 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.367 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6481 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.649 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6545 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.337 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6553 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.716 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6553 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gn1u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.