M2.9 earthquake 18 km SSE of Moíres, Greece

Magnitude

2.9 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Aug 31, 2008, 2:06 PM GMT+3

UTC

2008-08-31 11:06:36 UTC

Depth

31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.890° N, 24.930° E

Region

Greece

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

From the USGS event page for usp000gg2w. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Station coverage gap

252°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Irákleion, GreecePopulation 137,154. Forecast52 kmSSW
• İzmir, TurkeyPopulation 2,938,292. Forecast438 kmSSW

After

1. 3.136 km S of Kastrí, GreeceSun, Aug 31, 8:13 PM GMT+3 · 6606 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
2. 3.118 km SSW of Kastrí, GreeceMon, Sep 1, 3:22 AM GMT+3 · 6606 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
3. 3.721 km NE of Kastrí, GreeceTue, Sep 2, 8:43 AM GMT+3 · 6605 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
4. 3.148 km SE of Kastrí, GreeceWed, Sep 3, 12:48 PM GMT+3 · 6604 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
5. 3.147 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, GreeceThu, Sep 4, 2:23 AM GMT+3 · 6603 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
6. 3.268 km S of Pýrgos, GreeceFri, Sep 12, 2:25 AM GMT+3 · 6595 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
7. 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, GreeceSun, Oct 12, 10:05 PM GMT+3 · 6564 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
8. 3.824 km SE of Pýrgos, GreeceSun, Oct 12, 10:13 PM GMT+3 · 6564 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
9. 3.917 km SE of Pýrgos, GreeceMon, Oct 13, 1:21 AM GMT+3 · 6564 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
10. 3.222 km SE of Pýrgos, GreeceWed, Oct 15, 3:22 AM GMT+3 · 6562 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
11. 4.126 km SSW of Kastrí, GreeceSat, Oct 25, 3:07 AM GMT+3 · 6552 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away

Before

1. 3.126 km S of Pýrgos, GreeceSat, Aug 30, 2:45 PM GMT+3 · 6608 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
2. 3.146 km SSW of Pýrgos, GreeceSat, Aug 30, 12:06 PM GMT+3 · 6608 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
3. 3.021 km SSW of Agía Galíni, GreeceSat, Aug 30, 11:27 AM GMT+3 · 6608 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
4. 3.041 km SSE of Pýrgos, GreeceFri, Aug 29, 4:03 PM GMT+3 · 6609 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
5. 3.124 km S of Moíres, GreeceThu, Aug 28, 11:28 PM GMT+3 · 6609 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
6. 3.120 km SSW of Kastrí, GreeceWed, Aug 27, 3:59 PM GMT+3 · 6611 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
7. 3.363 km SE of Kastrí, GreeceWed, Aug 27, 7:45 AM GMT+3 · 6611 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
8. 2.911 km NNE of Sísion, GreeceMon, Aug 25, 8:26 PM GMT+3 · 6612 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
9. 3.226 km SW of Pýrgos, GreeceSun, Aug 24, 6:50 PM GMT+3 · 6613 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
10. 3.147 km S of Pýrgos, GreeceSun, Aug 24, 3:56 PM GMT+3 · 6614 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
11. 3.024 km SW of Pýrgos, GreeceSun, Aug 24, 2:28 AM GMT+3 · 6614 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
12. 3.328 km SW of Pýrgos, GreeceSat, Aug 23, 12:54 PM GMT+3 · 6615 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
13. 3.219 km W of Kastrí, GreeceFri, Aug 22, 8:53 PM GMT+3 · 6615 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
14. 3.333 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, GreeceFri, Aug 22, 3:15 AM GMT+3 · 6616 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
15. 3.336 km SSW of Agía Galíni, GreeceThu, Aug 21, 8:42 PM GMT+3 · 6616 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
16. 3.217 km NE of Eloúnda, GreeceWed, Aug 20, 7:10 PM GMT+3 · 6617 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
17. 3.09 km NNE of Káto Goúves, GreeceTue, Aug 19, 5:48 AM GMT+3 · 6619 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
18. 3.611 km SSE of Moíres, GreeceSat, Aug 16, 2:06 PM GMT+3 · 6622 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
19. 3.713 km SW of Kastrí, GreeceFri, Aug 15, 4:18 AM GMT+3 · 6623 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
20. 3.553 km S of Néa Anatolí, GreeceThu, Aug 14, 5:28 AM GMT+3 · 6624 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg2w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC.