M2.6 earthquake 96 km SW of Kastrí, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 96 km SW of Kastrí, Greece on Mon, Jan 7, 2008, 11:18 PM GMT+2 (21:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 33 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-07 21:18:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.250° N, 23.300° 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 usp000fw7a. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 288°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.440 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6837 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.933 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6796 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.635 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6783 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.933 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6851 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.514 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6868 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6868 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6869 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.763 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6870 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.898 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6871 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.435 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6872 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.445 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6873 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fw7a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.