M3.2 earthquake 4 km WNW of Kleítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Kleítos, Greece on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, 2:22 PM GMT+3 (11:22 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km WNW of Bilisht, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-13 11:22:38 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.440° N, 21.810° 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 usp000gejs. 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
- 239°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.87 km SW of Siátista, Greece · 6621 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Kleítos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.212 km SW of Néa Michanióna, Greece · 6611 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.16 km ENE of Maliq, Albania · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.07 km WNW of Bilisht, Albania · 6610 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.02 km NE of Maliq, Albania · 6610 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.57 km NE of Maliq, Albania · 6603 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.610 km ENE of Maliq, Albania · 6603 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.59 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece · 6585 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 3.15 km SSW of Kraniá Elassónas, Greece · 6635 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.99 km WSW of Verdikoússa, Greece · 6635 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Grevená, Greece · 6637 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.36 km NW of Capari, North Macedonia · 6638 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.413 km NE of Komniná, Greece · 6639 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.612 km NE of Komniná, Greece · 6640 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Kraniá Elassónas, Greece · 6642 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Deskáti, Greece · 6646 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gejs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC.