Greece earthquakes

M6.4 earthquake 35 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 35 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece on Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 6:26 AM GMT+3 (03:26 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 6:26 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2008-07-15 03:26:34 UTC
Depth: 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 35.800° N, 27.860° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 231
Strongest shaking: VI, strong 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
6.4	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.4	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
6.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary
6.75	Me, energy	Choy, USGS energy magnitude	Reviewed

What happened

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

One person killed on Rhodes. Felt (VII) at Trianta, (VI) at Lardos, (V) at Rodos and (III) at Iraklion and Kos. Also felt at Afantou, Antimacheia, Ayios Nikolaos, Chania, Gazion, Ierapetra, Kallithea, Karpathos, Kissamos, Kolimvarion, Kremasti, Masari, Neapolis, Oia, Rethymnon, Soroni, Thira and on Simi. Felt (V) at Marmaris, (IV) at Alanya and Bodrum and (III) at Fethiye, Turkey. Also felt at Antalya, Aydin, Izmir, Kusadasi, Milas, Mugla, Soke and Urla. Felt (III) at Paphos and (II) at Limassol, Cyprus. Also felt at Kyrenia, Nicosia and Polis. Felt (III) at Alexandria, Al Jizah and Cairo, Egypt. Also felt at Al Maks, Az Zaqaziq, Damanhur, Fa'id and Tanta. Felt at Kefar Sava, Haifa and Ramat Gan, Israel; at Beirut, Lebanon; at Ramallah, West Bank and at Damascus, Syria.

From the USGS event page for usp000gc72. 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: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 15.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.3 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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

Did you feel it?

231 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very strong 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 357°, dip 55°, rake -169°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 261°, dip 81°, rake -36°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 19°
Stations used: 774

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gc72 (also filed as us2008umai, choy20080715032634, gcmtc200807150326a, gcmt20080715032634, atlas20080715032634, iscgem13389231). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC.