M3.3 earthquake 30 km W of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 30 km W of Palaióchora, Greece on Sun, Jan 20, 2008, 7:49 AM GMT+2 (05:49 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 Crete, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-20 05:49:08 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.270° N, 23.350° 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 usp000fx2s. 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
- 221°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.675 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 6831 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.721 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6826 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.669 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6822 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Crete, Greece · 6817 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.141 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6803 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.443 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6803 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.620 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 6803 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.933 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6799 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.022 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 6795 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.820 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6792 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.15 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6791 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.646 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 6787 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.635 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6786 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.431 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6785 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6784 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6783 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.016 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 6783 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.419 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6778 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.610 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 6777 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.456 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 6776 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 3.313 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 6834 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Kíssamos, Greece · 6834 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.440 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6839 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.730 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 6844 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.933 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 6853 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.828 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6857 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.567 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 6858 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.237 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 6860 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.023 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 6861 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fx2s. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.