Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 11 km NE of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Kastrí, Greece on Fri, May 23, 2008, 4:20 AM GMT+3 (01:20 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km SE of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-23 01:20:37 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.910° N, 24.170° 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 usp000g7hp. 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
146°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.048 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6707 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.340 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6706 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.012 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 6703 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 3.131 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6703 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.18 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6700 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.012 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6700 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.548 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6700 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.215 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6700 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.430 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6699 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 3.340 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6699 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.049 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6699 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 3.658 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6695 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.722 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 6695 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.644 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6693 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 3.526 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6691 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.97 km SSW of Agía Marína, Greece · 6686 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 3.246 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6685 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.628 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6685 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.529 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6684 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 3.517 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6684 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 3.450 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6684 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.223 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 6683 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.832 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6682 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 3.721 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6677 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 3.15 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6677 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.428 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6676 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.742 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6676 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.213 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 6673 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 3.315 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 6673 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 3.66 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6672 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 3.121 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6665 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 3.07 km ENE of Pánormos, Greece · 6661 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 3.343 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6658 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 3.133 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6657 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 3.035 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6657 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 3.451 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6657 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 3.130 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6656 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 3.341 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6656 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 3.318 km ESE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6653 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 3.020 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6653 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 3.229 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 6652 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 3.118 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6651 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 3.371 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6651 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 3.435 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6650 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 3.0Crete, Greece · 6649 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 3.221 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6710 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.9Crete, Greece · 6710 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.618 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6710 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 3.022 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6711 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.827 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6713 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.729 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 6714 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.548 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6714 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.926 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6714 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.721 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 6715 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.929 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6715 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.928 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6715 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.043 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6717 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 3.525 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6718 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.327 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6718 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.823 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6718 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.117 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 6720 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.245 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6720 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.429 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6721 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.158 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6723 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.038 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6724 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g7hp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.