Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 18 km E of Kos, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 18 km E of Kos, Greece on Sat, May 3, 2008, 6:08 PM GMT+3 (15:08 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km WNW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-03 15:08:26 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.861° N, 27.496° 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 usp000g5ds. 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
173°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.627 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6710 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6710 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.217 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6710 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.223 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6710 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.432 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.813 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6703 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 3.034 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6699 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.626 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6684 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.531 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6684 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.320 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6684 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.331 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 6684 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.434 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 6673 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.216 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 6673 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.219 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6673 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 3.020 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 6729 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.517 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 53 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.016 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 6737 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.357 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.352 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6740 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.155 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.37 km ENE of Émponas, Greece · 6743 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.75 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6749 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g5ds. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC.