M3.6 earthquake 9 km N of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km N of Lixoúri, Greece on Sun, Feb 3, 2008, 8:49 PM GMT+2 (18:49 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 10 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-03 18:49:42 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.290° N, 20.430° 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 usp000fy36. 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
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.631 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6817 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.625 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6815 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.421 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6814 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.325 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.25 km E of Aitolikó, Greece · 6810 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 6807 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.23 km NW of Kríkellos, Greece · 6807 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 6807 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Amfilochía, Greece · 6804 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.619 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6804 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.217 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6803 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.610 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6800 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.23 km WNW of Lepenoú, Greece · 6797 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6797 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.717 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6794 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.34 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6793 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.421 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6793 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.517 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6793 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.01 km SSE of Katoúna, Greece · 6792 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.119 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6792 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.741 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6791 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.419 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6790 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.638 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6790 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.336 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 6784 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.515 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6784 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Gastoúni, Greece · 6783 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.624 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6782 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6782 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.415 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6778 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.613 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 6776 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.816 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6776 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.511 km SE of Gáïos, Greece · 6773 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Chávari, Greece · 6773 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Galatás, Greece · 6773 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.418 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6771 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.416 km S of Neochórion, Greece · 6769 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.10 km NW of Lechainá, Greece · 6768 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Gáïos, Greece · 6767 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.313 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 6765 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.38 km NNE of Argostólion, Greece · 6762 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.23 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 6760 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.118 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6759 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.536 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6758 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6758 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 3.124 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 6820 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.332 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6823 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.021 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6824 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.117 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6826 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.522 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6827 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.412 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6827 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.39 km S of Lefkáda, Greece · 6827 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6831 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.52 km NE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6832 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.637 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6834 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.725 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6834 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.58 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6834 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.434 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 6835 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.019 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6836 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6837 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.31 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6839 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.611 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6841 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.411 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6842 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.76 km NNW of Archontochóri, Greece · 6843 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.511 km S of Kanaláki, Greece · 6845 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fy36. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.