Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 35 km SW of Lárdos, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Lárdos, Greece on Thu, Aug 28, 2008, 6:37 AM GMT+3 (03:37 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 23 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-28 03:37:23 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.860° N, 27.750° 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 usp000gfsk. 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
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.330 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6611 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.436 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.015 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6605 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.455 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6605 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.136 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6596 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.722 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6594 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.125 km SE of Archángelos, Greece · 6573 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.323 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6568 days ago · 52 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.015 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6613 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.854 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6613 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.032 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.428 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6616 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.95 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.030 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6617 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.325 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6618 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.625 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.415 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.519 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.522 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 3.024 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.932 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6620 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.023 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6620 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.324 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6621 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.913 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6623 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.532 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6623 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfsk. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC.