Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 5 km SSW of Pátmos, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Pátmos, Greece on Sun, Aug 31, 2008, 11:41 AM GMT+3 (08:41 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 37 km S of Pátmos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-31 08:41:12 UTC
Depth
32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.260° N, 26.520° 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 usp000gg2m. 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
302°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.112 km WNW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 6605 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.937 km S of Pátmos, Greece · 6605 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6594 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.315 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6607 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 3.010 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6607 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.33 km N of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 6610 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.010 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.118 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6611 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.010 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 6611 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.217 km S of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 6611 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 3.132 km SSW of Pátmos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.95 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6614 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.415 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.416 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6623 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.630 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 6623 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg2m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.