Greece earthquakes

M6.2 earthquake 58 km SSW of Koróni, Greece

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 58 km SSW of Koróni, Greece on Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 8:27 PM GMT+2 (18:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 8:27 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2008-02-20 18:27:06 UTC
Depth: 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.288° N, 21.775° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 27
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
6.2	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.17	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
6.2	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Kalamata. Also felt at Athinaion, Glifadha, Khania, Khora, Kiparissia, Koroni, Paralia, Piraeus, Pirgos and Tripolis.

From the USGS event page for usp000fzcj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

27 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 250°, dip 71°, rake -8°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 343°, dip 83°, rake -161°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 42°
Stations used: 568

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 60 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 usp000fzcj (also filed as us2008nrbf, gcmtc200802201827a, gcmt20080220182706, iscgem14234534). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.