M3.7 earthquake 16 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Jan 20, 2008, 1:11 AM GMT+2 (23:11 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km W of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-19 23:11:48 UTC
- Depth
- 71.4 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.073° N, 26.355° 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 usp000fx27. 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
- 108°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.217 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 6827 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.419 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6820 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.464 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.353 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6818 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.215 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6817 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.234 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6807 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.520 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6806 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.240 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6805 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.477 km S of Fry, Greece · 6802 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.28 km N of Fry, Greece · 6802 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.210 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6800 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.277 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6798 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.036 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6796 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 6792 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.26 km W of Palekastro, Greece · 6790 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.450 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 6789 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.421 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.012 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 6778 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.312 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6776 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.5104 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6773 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.510 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6833 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.130 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 6835 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.967 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6836 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6838 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.137 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6840 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.215 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6841 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.153 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6844 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.162 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6844 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.757 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6844 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.637 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6851 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.426 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6853 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.123 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6858 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.123 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6858 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.29 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 6859 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fx27. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.