Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 11 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece on Mon, May 12, 2008, 8:57 PM GMT+3 (17:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 10 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

Préveza forecastMore in Greece

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-12 17:57:03 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.770° N, 20.600° 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 usp000g6cz. 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
145°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.55 km SW of Thérmo, Greece · 6719 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.83 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 6717 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.25 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 6717 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.26 km SE of Monastiráki, Greece · 6714 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 3.12 km E of Gavaloú, Greece · 6714 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.62 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 6713 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.26 km S of Lixoúri, Greece · 6710 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.48 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6710 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 3.98 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6710 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.416 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6709 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.45 km W of Paramythiá, Greece · 6708 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.69 km SE of Parapótamos, Greece · 6707 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.39 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6705 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.18 km N of Lepenoú, Greece · 6705 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.227 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.17 km ENE of Gáïos, Greece · 6700 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.68 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 6697 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.39 km W of Sámi, Greece · 6697 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 3.06 km SSE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6696 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.912 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 6696 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.913 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 6696 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 3.411 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6696 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 3.513 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6695 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 3.715 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6695 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 3.27 km WNW of Sámi, Greece · 6695 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 3.52 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6695 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 4.310 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6695 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.321 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6695 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 3.33 km N of Argostólion, Greece · 6695 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 3.39 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6693 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.121 km WNW of Manoláda, Greece · 6692 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 3.213 km WNW of Manoláda, Greece · 6690 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 3.210 km WSW of Néos Oropós, Greece · 6689 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 3.314 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6689 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 3.14 km E of Galatás, Greece · 6689 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 3.516 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6688 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 3.32 km SSW of Amfilochía, Greece · 6687 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 3.11 km SSE of Amfilochía, Greece · 6687 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 3.613 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6685 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 3.25 km ENE of Pappadátes, Greece · 6680 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 3.019 km NW of Lápas, Greece · 6679 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 3.29 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 6678 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 3.34 km N of Lápas, Greece · 6678 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 3.310 km NNW of Préveza, Greece · 6676 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 3.09 km SW of Galatás, Greece · 6673 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 3.114 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 6673 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 3.19 km SSW of Pérdika, Greece · 6673 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 3.20 km SE of Triandaíika, Greece · 6671 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 3.20 km NNW of Megáli Khóra, Greece · 6671 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 3.312 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6670 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 4.210 km NE of Pappadátes, Greece · 6670 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 3.15 km WSW of Panaitólion, Greece · 6665 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 3.010 km N of Grammenítsa, Greece · 6665 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.83 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 6665 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.69 km NNW of Lápas, Greece · 6665 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 3.211 km N of Limnokhórion, Greece · 6663 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.120 km SW of Katochí, Greece · 6662 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 3.28 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6662 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 3.121 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6661 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 3.85 km SE of Sámi, Greece · 6661 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 3.324 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6721 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.420 km W of Itháki, Greece · 6721 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.24 km SSE of Gavaloú, Greece · 6724 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.412 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6725 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.33 km SSW of Gavaloú, Greece · 6725 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.11 km ESE of Mataránga, Greece · 6726 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.44 km SE of Gavaloú, Greece · 6726 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.97 km SE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6729 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.37 km S of Paramythiá, Greece · 6731 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.617 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 6732 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.415 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 6740 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.39 km NNE of Gáïos, Greece · 6740 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.810 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6741 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.816 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6742 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.615 km SW of Póros, Greece · 6743 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away

Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g6cz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.