M3.4 earthquake 23 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 23 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece on Thu, May 1, 2008, 2:07 AM GMT+3 (23:07 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 37 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey. 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
- 2008-04-30 23:07:52 UTC
- Depth
- 11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.549° N, 26.025° 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 usp000g57e. 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
- 97°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.321 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6727 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.035 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 6721 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.136 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6716 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.342 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 6714 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.427 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6703 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.443 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.637 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.118 km NW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6700 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.339 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6699 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.137 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6699 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.411 km NNE of Ezine, Turkey · 6698 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.322 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6697 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.121 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6697 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6696 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.423 km N of Psará, Greece · 6695 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6694 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.541 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.93 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 6688 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6684 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.328 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6681 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.634 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 6677 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.41 km NNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6671 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6671 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.038 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 6670 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.022 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece · 6670 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.238 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6733 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6735 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.139 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6735 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6735 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6737 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.338 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g57e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC.