M2.6 earthquake 2 km NNW of Lykóvrysi, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Lykóvrysi, Greece on Sun, May 4, 2008, 1:02 PM GMT+3 (10:02 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 4 km NNW of Ayía Triás, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-05-04 10:02:43 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.090° N, 23.770° 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 usp000g5fq. 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
- 166°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.310 km NNE of Póros, Greece · 6720 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.011 km SSE of Lávrio, Greece · 6717 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Politiká, Greece · 6715 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.020 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 6712 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.63 km WSW of Palaiá Fókaia, Greece · 6712 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.124 km NNW of Sérifos, Greece · 6707 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.711 km SE of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 6705 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.414 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 6704 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.71 km NW of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6701 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.22 km W of Vathí, Greece · 6699 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.62 km W of Chalkída, Greece · 6698 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Dhrosiá, Greece · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Dhrosiá, Greece · 6698 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.04 km W of Fylí, Greece · 6692 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Politiká, Greece · 6684 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.32 km S of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6683 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.14 km NNW of Ayía Triás, Greece · 6681 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 53
- 2.94 km E of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6681 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.73 km ESE of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6681 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Eláteia, Greece · 6680 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.47 km NE of Xylókastro, Greece · 6677 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.63 km SE of Orchomenós, Greece · 6671 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.111 km NE of Roviés, Greece · 6669 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.77 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6668 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Vathý, Greece · 6667 days ago · 131 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.35 km S of Xylókastro, Greece · 6666 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g5fq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC.