M3.2 earthquake 63 km N of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 63 km N of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Sep 1, 2008, 7:58 AM GMT+3 (04:58 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 54 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-01 04:58:48 UTC
- Depth
- 44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.770° N, 26.330° 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 usp000gg4p. 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
- 80°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.139 km S of Fry, Greece · 6606 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6597 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.231 km WSW of Astypálaia, Greece · 6597 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.722 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6595 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.716 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6556 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.337 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6555 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.554 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6553 days ago · 143 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 2.935 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6609 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.730 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 6609 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.125 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6610 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.859 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6610 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.529 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 6610 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.924 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6611 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.330 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6611 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.129 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6612 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.854 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6613 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.911 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 6615 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.067 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6616 days ago · 55 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.155 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.325 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.625 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.519 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.522 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.525 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.024 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6620 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.217 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 6620 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg4p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.