Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 47 km NW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 47 km NW of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Feb 9, 2008, 8:23 PM GMT+2 (18:23 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 km W of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-02-09 18:23:25 UTC
Depth
23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.860° N, 26.920° 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 usp000fyhv. 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
99°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.131 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6811 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.349 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6811 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.113 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6811 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.234 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6808 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.442 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6807 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.726 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6807 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.28 km N of Fry, Greece · 6803 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.036 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6798 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.111 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6796 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 6794 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.26 km W of Palekastro, Greece · 6791 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.840 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6787 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.836 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6787 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.421 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6783 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.439 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6783 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 3.116 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6780 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.956 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6780 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.346 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6779 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.312 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6778 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 3.631 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6777 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 3.249 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6776 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 4.244 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6773 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 3.435 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6770 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 3.017 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6768 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.8Crete, Greece · 6768 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 3.235 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 6768 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.924 km W of Fry, Greece · 6764 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 3.013 km W of Fry, Greece · 6762 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 3.224 km W of Fry, Greece · 6761 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 3.033 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6761 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 3.611 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6761 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 3.015 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6759 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 3.242 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 3.014 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6758 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 3.158 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6758 days ago · 54 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 3.413 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6756 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 3.549 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6753 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 3.019 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6753 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 3.517 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6814 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 3.338 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6814 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.341 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6814 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.345 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6816 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.29 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6817 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 3.215 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6818 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.410 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6820 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.464 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6821 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.653 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6823 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6824 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6827 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.226 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6828 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.432 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6831 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.149 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6834 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.510 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6835 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.130 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 6836 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fyhv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC.