M3.3 earthquake 11 km W of Kassándreia, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 11 km W of Kassándreia, Greece on Sun, Apr 20, 2008, 8:03 PM GMT+3 (17:03 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3 km W of Megáli Panagía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-20 17:03:10 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.050° N, 23.280° 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 usp000g4e9. 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.427 km ESE of Sárti, Greece · 6727 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Tríkala, Greece · 6726 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.45 km WNW of Néa Málgara, Greece · 6725 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.224 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 6708 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.515 km NNE of Agiá, Greece · 6698 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.33 km NNW of Néa Fókaia, Greece · 6694 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6691 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.93 km W of Megáli Panagía, Greece · 6690 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.242 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6687 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.36 km NNW of Elassóna, Greece · 6683 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4e9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.