M4.1 earthquake 51 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 51 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece on Sun, Sep 21, 2008, 6:51 PM GMT+3 (15:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-21 15:51:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.294° N, 20.606° 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 usp000ghfv. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.74 km SSE of Traganón, Greece · 6574 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.846 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 6570 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.95 km SW of Valsamáta, Greece · 6566 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.013 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6546 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.94 km SW of Póros, Greece · 6543 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.240 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6587 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6589 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 6591 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.818 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6591 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.524 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6599 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 6603 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.043 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.445 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.127 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6605 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6606 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Chávari, Greece · 6606 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6606 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.513 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6608 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.347 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6609 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.216 km SSE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6609 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6609 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6609 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.21 km SE of Traganón, Greece · 6610 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.561 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ghfv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.