M3.4 earthquake 45 km SW of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Methóni, Greece on Thu, Sep 4, 2008, 11:39 AM GMT+3 (08:39 UTC), 25 km (16 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
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-04 08:39:55 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.590° N, 21.280° 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 usp000ggcr. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 238°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.043 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.584 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6598 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2110 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6593 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Kardamýli, Greece · 6592 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6589 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9119 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6588 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 6585 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.14 km W of Meligalás, Greece · 6582 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.295 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 6575 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.846 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 6569 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 3.127 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 6603 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.684 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6604 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.364 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.354 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6605 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.980 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6608 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 6608 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.292 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6608 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.583 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 6609 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.4107 km S of Methóni, Greece · 6610 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.286 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6610 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6611 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 6611 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.297 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 6611 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.641 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 6612 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.374 km S of Koróni, Greece · 6612 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.846 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 6612 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.437 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6613 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.6southern Greece · 6613 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.463 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 6615 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ggcr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC.