M3.2 earthquake Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Greece on Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 11:22 PM GMT+3 (20:22 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-29 20:22:27 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.630° N, 20.600° 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 usp000gfyv. 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
- 149°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km E of Itháki, Greece · 6607 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.82 km WSW of Sardínia, Greece · 6607 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 6602 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6602 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.845 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6601 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.59 km W of Préveza, Greece · 6599 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.818 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6590 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 6590 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6588 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6588 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.412 km S of Thérmo, Greece · 6586 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.240 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6586 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Galatás, Greece · 6586 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.217 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6578 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.64 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 6566 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.95 km SW of Valsamáta, Greece · 6566 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.911 km S of Anthiró, Greece · 6564 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.16 km NW of Préveza, Greece · 6559 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 3.25 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6611 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.42 km SSE of Sardínia, Greece · 6613 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6614 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece · 6614 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Vónitsa, Greece · 6615 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Póros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.97 km W of Kríkellos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.027 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6616 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.72 km SSW of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6616 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.48 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6617 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.44 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 6617 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.736 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6617 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Vónitsa, Greece · 6618 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.23 km E of Zakynthos, Greece · 6618 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Limnokhórion, Greece · 6619 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Monastiráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 6619 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.11 km E of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6621 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.53 km NW of Pérdika, Greece · 6621 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.721 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6622 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfyv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.