Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 32 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 32 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece on Wed, May 21, 2008, 2:14 PM GMT+3 (11:14 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 21 km ENE of Astypálaia, 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
2008-05-21 11:14:10 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.520° N, 26.720° 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 usp000g7d9. 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
134°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.755 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6709 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.813 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6704 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.034 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6701 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.626 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6686 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.531 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6686 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.331 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 6685 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.744 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6683 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6680 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.421 km S of Amorgós, Greece · 6680 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.434 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 6675 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 3.356 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6675 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.216 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 6675 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 3.921 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6667 days ago · 138 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 3.414 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6667 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.359 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6667 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.160 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6660 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.947 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6660 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.833 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6659 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.046 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6659 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 3.245 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6656 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 3.120 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 6656 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 3.036 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6653 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.932 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6653 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.815 km S of Kéfalos, Greece · 6652 days ago · 147 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.957 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6651 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.223 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6711 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.217 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6711 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6711 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.627 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6711 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.553 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6713 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.242 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6717 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.849 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6720 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.328 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 6725 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.618 km E of Kos, Greece · 6728 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.020 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 6730 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6731 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.221 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6737 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.517 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g7d9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.