M3.0 earthquake 15 km SW of Mandráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Mandráki, Greece on Wed, Apr 2, 2008, 5:42 PM GMT+3 (14:42 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km WNW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-02 14:42:08 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.510° N, 27.010° 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 usp000g2yf. 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
- 130°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.242 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6757 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.158 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6756 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.549 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6751 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.75 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6749 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.336 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6744 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Émponas, Greece · 6743 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.155 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.352 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6740 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.357 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 6740 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.517 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.221 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6735 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6729 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.020 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 6728 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.618 km E of Kos, Greece · 6726 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.849 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6718 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.242 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6715 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.553 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6711 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.627 km SW of Sými, Greece · 6709 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6709 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.217 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.223 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 6709 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.432 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6708 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.813 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6702 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.034 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6699 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.033 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.017 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6766 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.244 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6771 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.249 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.631 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6775 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.538 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 6776 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.956 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6778 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.116 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6778 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.59 km WSW of Sými, Greece · 6781 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.439 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.421 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.836 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.840 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2yf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.