M3.1 earthquake 53 km NE of Patitírion, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 53 km NE of Patitírion, Greece on Thu, Aug 28, 2008, 8:40 AM GMT+3 (05:40 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-28 05:40:18 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.500° N, 24.280° 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 usp000gft2. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.524 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6609 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.538 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6604 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.544 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6603 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.364 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 6603 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.223 km SE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6601 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.947 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6595 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.549 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.512 km WSW of Sykiá, Greece · 6593 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.016 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 6582 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.213 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.213 km NE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.49 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.211 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6561 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.621 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.247 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6614 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Kassándreia, Greece · 6614 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.943 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6616 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.444 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6620 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.635 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 6620 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.947 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6621 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.238 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6621 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.344 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6622 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.547 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.047 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6625 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.547 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.453 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.323 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.339 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6628 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.141 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.047 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6628 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 6629 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.245 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6630 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gft2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.