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M6.5 earthquake 50 km S of Koróni, Greece

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 50 km S of Koróni, Greece on Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 2:08 PM GMT+2 (12:08 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 2:08 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2008-02-14 12:08:55 UTC
Depth: 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.345° N, 21.863° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 55
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
6.5	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.55	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
6.5	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary
6.11	Me, energy	Choy, USGS energy magnitude	Reviewed
6.4	Mww, W-phase moment	Duputel, W-phase inversion	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Amarousion, Athens and Iraklion. Also felt at Agrinion, Ayios Stefanos, Ilioupoli, Kalamakion, Kalamata, Kallithea, Khalandrion, Khania, Kissamos, Metamorfosis, Nea Ionia, Patrai, Pilos, Piraeus, Sparta, Spata, Vlakhiotis, Voula and Yithion. Felt at Brindisi, Italy.

From the USGS event page for usp000fywh. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 9.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

55 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VIII, severe shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 6.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 93°, dip 85°, rake 262°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 331°, dip 8°, rake -32°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 31°
Stations used: 650

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fywh (also filed as us2008nkat, choy20080214120855, gcmtc200802141208a, gcmt20080214120855, duputel200802141208a, atlas20080214120855, iscgem13214085). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.