Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 129 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 129 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sat, May 31, 2008, 3:53 AM GMT+3 (00:53 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 Crete, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-31 00:53:07 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.020° N, 26.480° 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 usp000g85p. 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
304°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3102 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6701 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 3.492 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6701 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.599 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6698 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.796 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6693 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 3.671 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6690 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.2105 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6672 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.438 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6671 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6657 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.256 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6650 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.3Crete, Greece · 6645 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.383 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6645 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.038 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6703 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.334 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6704 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.097 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6705 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.258 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6709 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.7103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6710 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.661 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6717 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.788 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6721 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.695 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6726 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g85p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.