Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 29 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, 1:18 AM GMT+3 (22:18 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 57 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-07-15 22:18:39 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.460° N, 26.320° 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 usp000gc9a. 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
252°, 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: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.911 km W of Karpathos, Greece · 6652 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.46 km S of Fry, Greece · 6652 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.136 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 6652 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.932 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6652 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.813 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 6650 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.815 km N of Fry, Greece · 6650 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.012 km N of Fry, Greece · 6649 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.957 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6649 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.449 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 6649 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 3.037 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6648 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.018 km N of Fry, Greece · 6648 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.048 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6648 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.256 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6647 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.964 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6646 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.951 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6646 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.958 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6642 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.362 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6641 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.129 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6637 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 3.336 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 6636 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 3.543 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6634 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 3.443 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 6634 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 3.013 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6633 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.654 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6633 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 3.243 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6632 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.239 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6632 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 3.545 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6632 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 3.657 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6632 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.046 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6629 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 3.37 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 6628 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 3.128 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6626 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 3.058 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6626 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 3.448 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6625 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 3.144 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6623 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 3.259 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6623 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 3.339 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6621 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 3.445 km N of Sitia, Greece · 6621 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 3.412 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6621 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 3.532 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6621 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.913 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6620 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 3.09 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 6619 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 3.217 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6617 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 3.024 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6617 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 3.142 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6616 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.067 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6614 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.911 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 6612 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 3.129 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6609 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.330 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6608 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.924 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6608 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 3.529 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 6608 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.859 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6608 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 3.125 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6607 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.730 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 6607 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.935 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6607 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 3.263 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6606 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 3.139 km S of Fry, Greece · 6603 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 3.015 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6602 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 3.417 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6653 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.312 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 6653 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.310 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 6653 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.05 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6653 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.221 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 3.316 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.028 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6654 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.312 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 3.618 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.18 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.310 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.42 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.05 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6655 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.316 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6655 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 3.120 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6655 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.046 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.833 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.947 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.160 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6658 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gc9a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC.