Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 10 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece on Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 3:48 AM GMT+3 (00:48 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km WNW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-27 00:48:11 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.700° N, 26.860° 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 usp000gfnc. 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
246°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.854 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6612 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.015 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6612 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.35 km SSW of Pátmos, Greece · 6607 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.937 km S of Pátmos, Greece · 6605 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6595 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.231 km WSW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6595 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.118 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6612 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.010 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6612 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.217 km S of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6612 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.428 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6614 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.132 km SSW of Pátmos, Greece · 6615 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6615 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.95 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6615 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 3.030 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6616 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.325 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.625 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.415 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 3.519 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 3.522 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6618 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6618 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.932 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6619 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.023 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.630 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 6624 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 3.020 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6627 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.058 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6627 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfnc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC.