Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 28 km SSW of Moíres, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 28 km SSW of Moíres, Greece on Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 6:31 AM GMT+2 (04:31 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 32 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-03-27 04:31:15 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.800° N, 24.810° 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 usp000g2fd. 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
200°, 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.939 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6763 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 5.632 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6763 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 32
  3. 3.717 km SSE of Arkalochóri, Greece · 6763 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.142 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6762 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.434 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6762 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.012 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 6762 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.645 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6762 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.450 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6761 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.030 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6759 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.030 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6759 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 3.363 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6759 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.030 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6759 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.418 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6758 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.120 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6758 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 3.215 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 6757 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.2Crete, Greece · 6754 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 3.328 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6754 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.724 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6752 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.515 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 6750 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 3.346 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6749 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 3.117 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6749 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.4104 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6747 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 3.535 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6742 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.336 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6742 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 3.122 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6742 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 3.277 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6740 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 3.210 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 6738 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 3.460 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6736 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.778 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6731 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 3.369 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6730 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 3.572 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6730 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 3.458 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6730 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 3.122 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6725 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 4.035 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6724 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 3.631 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6724 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 3.134 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6724 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 3.128 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 6723 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 3.038 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6723 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 3.158 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6722 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 3.429 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6720 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 3.117 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 6719 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 3.220 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6718 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.823 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6718 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 3.327 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6717 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 3.525 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6717 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 3.719 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6717 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 3.043 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6716 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.928 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6715 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.929 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6715 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.721 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 6715 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 3.480 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6714 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 3.436 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6713 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.926 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6713 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.729 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 6713 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 3.313 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6712 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 3.022 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6710 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 3.19 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6710 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 3.412 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6709 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 3.382 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 4.279 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 3.029 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6763 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.521 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6764 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.040 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6764 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.242 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6765 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.310 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 6766 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.029 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6766 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.630 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6767 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 3.534 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6767 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.531 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6769 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.416 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 6770 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.829 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 6772 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 3.527 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6774 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 3.419 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6776 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.016 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 6781 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.312 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6781 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.315 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6782 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.392 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.431 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6782 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.239 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6782 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.148 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6785 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2fd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.