M3.4 earthquake 11 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece on Tue, Aug 26, 2008, 1:52 AM GMT+3 (22:52 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 23 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-25 22:52:19 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.640° N, 23.740° 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 usp000gfj5. 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
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.145 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 6613 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.921 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6613 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.220 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 6610 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.159 km NE of Mouzourás, Greece · 6609 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.227 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6608 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.424 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6607 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.325 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6607 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.127 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 6607 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.823 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6607 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.840 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 6606 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.721 km NE of Kastrí, Greece · 6606 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.146 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6586 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.740 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6570 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.99 km NNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6614 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.219 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6617 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 6617 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.441 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6618 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.341 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6620 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.324 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 6620 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.350 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 6621 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.442 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 6627 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.238 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 6628 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.460 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6628 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.923 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 6628 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.436 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6628 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.524 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6629 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.447 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6637 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.171 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6637 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.720 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6638 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.224 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 6640 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.116 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6643 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfj5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC.