M3.3 earthquake 64 km S of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 64 km S of Methóni, Greece on Tue, Sep 2, 2008, 5:54 AM GMT+3 (02:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 101 km S of Methóni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-02 02:54:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.240° N, 21.700° 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 usp000gg6r. 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
- 248°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.265 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 6605 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.684 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6604 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.127 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.445 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.043 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.584 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6598 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.2110 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6593 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Kardamýli, Greece · 6592 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.781 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 6591 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6589 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9119 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6588 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 6586 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.295 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 6575 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.354 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.980 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6608 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.292 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6608 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.583 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 6609 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.4107 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6610 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.286 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6611 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 6611 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.297 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 6612 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.374 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6612 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.846 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 6612 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.437 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6613 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.6southern Greece · 6614 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.463 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6615 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.251 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 6616 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.139 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 6616 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 6616 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.635 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 6618 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 6618 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.220 km SSE of Methóni, Greece · 6619 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg6r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.