M3.6 earthquake 11 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece on Wed, Aug 6, 2008, 12:23 AM GMT+3 (21:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 13 km WSW of Kalpáki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-05 21:23:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.430° N, 20.630° 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 usp000gdxa. 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
- 113°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.33 km S of Anthiró, Greece · 6632 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Stános, Greece · 6631 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6630 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.311 km S of Kanaláki, Greece · 6628 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.212 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6628 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6626 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.317 km S of Párga, Greece · 6625 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Kanaláki, Greece · 6623 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.53 km NW of Pérdika, Greece · 6623 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 6621 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Monastiráki, Greece · 6620 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Vónitsa, Greece · 6619 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.813 km WSW of Kalpáki, Greece · 6619 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.44 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 6618 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.48 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6618 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.97 km W of Kríkellos, Greece · 6617 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Vónitsa, Greece · 6616 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece · 6615 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6615 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.42 km SSE of Sardínia, Greece · 6615 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.316 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 6613 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.25 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6612 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.2Greece · 6609 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.82 km WSW of Sardínia, Greece · 6608 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.114 km WSW of Pediní, Greece · 6606 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6603 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.845 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 6602 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.59 km W of Préveza, Greece · 6600 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.99 km NNE of Leskovik, Albania · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Leskovik, Albania · 6593 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.211 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6634 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.112 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 6634 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.114 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 6635 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.921 km NW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 6637 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.014 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 6638 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Grevená, Greece · 6638 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.25 km NNW of Lepenoú, Greece · 6639 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Sardínia, Greece · 6642 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.33 km NE of Sardínia, Greece · 6643 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.08 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 6643 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Kanaláki, Greece · 6644 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6646 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.25 km W of Asprángeloi, Greece · 6648 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.014 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 6649 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.29 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 6650 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.210 km E of Pappadátes, Greece · 6652 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 6660 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdxa. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC.