M3.8 earthquake 40 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece on Tue, Jul 29, 2008, 12:11 AM GMT+3 (21:11 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 34 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-28 21:11:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.990° N, 20.060° 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 usp000gdbs. 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
- 120°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.441 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6640 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.528 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.034 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.025 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.37 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.331 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.319 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6639 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.424 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6637 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.517 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6636 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.614 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6636 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.332 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6636 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.214 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6636 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.432 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6636 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.629 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6635 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.963 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6635 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Kyllíni, Greece · 6635 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.417 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 6634 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6634 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6633 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.617 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6633 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.520 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6631 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.214 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6631 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.119 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6630 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.233 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6630 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.440 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6629 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.16 km NNE of Kyllíni, Greece · 6628 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.311 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 6628 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.119 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6627 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.3Greece · 6625 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.324 km NNW of Kyllíni, Greece · 6625 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.28 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 6624 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.525 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6624 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.537 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6623 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.721 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6622 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.525 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6621 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.23 km E of Zakynthos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6619 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.236 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6618 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.736 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6618 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.027 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6617 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Póros, Greece · 6616 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.161 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6611 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.561 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6609 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2Greece · 6609 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6609 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.347 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6609 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.88 km E of Itháki, Greece · 6608 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 6603 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.845 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6602 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.818 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6591 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 6591 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Lixoúri, Greece · 6589 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Valsamáta, Greece · 6589 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.240 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 6587 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6586 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 3.111 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 6641 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.122 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 6641 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.417 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6642 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6645 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.39 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece · 6645 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.313 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6646 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.256 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6649 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.748 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6649 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.412 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6651 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.216 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6651 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.633 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6651 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.512 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6652 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.748 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6653 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.813 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 6657 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.919 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 6659 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.85 km SE of Sámi, Greece · 6660 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6660 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 6661 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.120 km SW of Katochí, Greece · 6661 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 6667 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
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