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M6.9 earthquake 35 km S of Methóni, Greece

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 35 km S of Methóni, Greece on Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 12:09 PM GMT+2 (10:09 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.9 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 12:09 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2008-02-14 10:09:22 UTC
Depth: 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.501° N, 21.670° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 347
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
6.9	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.86	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
6.8	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary
6.59	Me, energy	Choy, USGS energy magnitude	Reviewed
6.8	Mww, W-phase moment	Duputel, W-phase inversion	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Amarousion, Iraklion, Kalamata, Palaion Faliron, Patrai and Piraeus; (III) at Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Chania, Kallithea, Khalandrion and Krionerion; (II) at Kifisia, Nea Ionia, Paiania and Zografos. Also felt at Agios Dimitrios, Aigaleo, Aigion, Akharnai, Ayios Ioannis, Ayios Stefanos, Corinth, Ekali, Epidavros, Galatsion, Gazion, Glifadha, Itea, Kalivai, Kapandrition, Kato Achaia, Kerkyra, Kissamos, Koroni, Kounoupidhiana, Lefkimmi, Markopoulon, Megara, Melissia, Metamorfosis, Methoni, Moskhaton, Nea Liosia, Nea Makri, Nea Smirni, Panteleimon, Peristerion, Pirgos, Psikhikon, Rafina, Skaramangas, Spata, Tripolis, Viron, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Zakynthos. Felt (III) at Cairo, Egypt. Also felt at Alexandria. Felt at Brindisi, Catania and Reggio di Calabria, Italy and in the Valletta area, Malta.

From the USGS event page for usp000fyw4. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 17.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

347 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 6.8 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 321°, dip 10°, rake 103°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 127°, dip 79°, rake 87°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 31°
Stations used: 645

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.9 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 65.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fyw4 (also filed as us2008nkan, choy20080214100922, gcmtc200802141009a, duputel200802141009a, gcmt20080214100922, atlas20080214100923, iscgem13214081). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.