Greece earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 98 km S of Koróni, Greece

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 98 km S of Koróni, Greece on Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 12:46 PM GMT+2 (10:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 12:46 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2008-02-26 10:46:07 UTC
Depth: 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 35.907° N, 21.866° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 6
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
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.38	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

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

Felt (II) at Kalamata, Greece. Also felt at Chania.

From the USGS event page for usp000g00b. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 286°, dip 34°, rake 74°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 126°, dip 57°, rake 101°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 55°
Stations used: 219

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 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 usp000g00b (also filed as us2008nxbd, gcmtc200802261046a, gcmt20080226104607, iscgem13214918). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.