M3.4 earthquake 19 km S of Lithakiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19 km S of Lithakiá, Greece on Sun, Mar 2, 2008, 3:01 PM GMT+2 (13:01 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 80 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-02 13:01:34 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.550° N, 20.860° 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 usp000g0ge. 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
- 216°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.880 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6788 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.638 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6788 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.23 km WSW of Kréstena, Greece · 6787 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Makrísia, Greece · 6786 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.336 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 6782 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.31 km SSE of Makrísia, Greece · 6782 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.210 km S of Epitálio, Greece · 6781 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Gastoúni, Greece · 6781 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.624 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6780 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.39 km S of Epitálio, Greece · 6779 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.415 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6776 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.613 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 6774 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.816 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6774 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.629 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 6773 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Chávari, Greece · 6771 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.418 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6769 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.416 km S of Neochórion, Greece · 6767 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.10 km NW of Lechainá, Greece · 6766 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.011 km W of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 6764 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.313 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6763 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.38 km NNE of Argostólion, Greece · 6760 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.230 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 6759 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.135 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 6759 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.23 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 6758 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6758 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.12 km SE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6757 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6757 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0Greece · 6757 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.118 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6757 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6757 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6756 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.918 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 6755 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.06 km WNW of Royítika, Greece · 6754 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Zakynthos, Greece · 6753 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.633 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 6742 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Póros, Greece · 6741 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.816 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6740 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.761 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6739 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.810 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6739 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.415 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6738 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 3.741 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6789 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.119 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6790 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.517 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6791 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.421 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6791 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.34 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6791 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.669 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6791 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.717 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6792 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Vrachnaíika, Greece · 6795 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.876 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6795 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6795 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.2southern Greece · 6795 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.880 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 6797 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.610 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6798 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Kréstena, Greece · 6798 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6800 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.73 km N of Varvásaina, Greece · 6800 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.557 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6801 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.217 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6801 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.359 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6801 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.666 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6802 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g0ge. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.