Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 48 km SE of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 48 km SE of Kastrí, Greece on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, 12:48 PM GMT+3 (09:48 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 25 km SE of Pýrgos, 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
2008-09-03 09:48:05 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.590° N, 24.530° 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 usp000ggab. 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
251°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.147 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6604 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.268 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6596 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.740 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6569 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6565 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.824 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6565 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.917 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6565 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.222 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6563 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.126 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6553 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 3.350 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6605 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.721 km NE of Kastrí, Greece · 6605 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.118 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6607 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 3.127 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 6607 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.136 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 6607 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.918 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 6607 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.126 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6608 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.146 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6608 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.021 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6608 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.357 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6608 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.041 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6609 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 3.124 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6610 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.120 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6611 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.363 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6611 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 3.129 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6612 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.226 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.147 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.024 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6615 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.328 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6615 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 3.219 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6616 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ggab. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC.