M3.1 earthquake 37 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 37 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece on Sat, May 31, 2008, 11:24 AM GMT+3 (08:24 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 34 km NW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-05-31 08:24:08 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.020° N, 25.460° 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 usp000g86r. 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
- 114°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.411 km NNE of Ezine, Turkey · 6698 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.541 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.454 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 6683 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.634 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 6677 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6671 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.038 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 6670 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.022 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece · 6670 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.248 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 6667 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.439 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6663 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Behram, Turkey · 6653 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.232 km ESE of Karyes, Greece · 6647 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.339 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 6644 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 3.339 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6699 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.118 km NW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6700 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.637 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6700 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.443 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.526 km WNW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6702 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.427 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6703 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.234 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 6703 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.224 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 6708 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.342 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 6714 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.136 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6716 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.234 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6721 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.035 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 6721 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.136 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6721 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.214 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6722 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.321 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6727 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g86r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.