M3.3 earthquake 35 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece on Wed, Jul 9, 2008, 10:30 PM GMT+3 (19:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 38 km NE of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-09 19:30:39 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.817° N, 25.944° 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 usp000gbrz. 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
- 119°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.38 km SSE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 6657 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Behram, Turkey · 6655 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.415 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6654 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.07 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6650 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.027 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6650 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.825 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6650 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.339 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 6646 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6644 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.820 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6641 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.338 km NE of Psará, Greece · 6640 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6639 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.736 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6638 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.337 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6638 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.424 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6630 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6625 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.412 km SSW of Foça, Turkey · 6625 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.510 km WSW of Foça, Turkey · 6625 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.64 km N of Çandarl?, Turkey · 6618 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6617 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Dikili, Turkey · 6615 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.524 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6610 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6607 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.364 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 6605 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.427 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6604 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 3.41 km NNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6673 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.634 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 6679 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.328 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6683 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6686 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6687 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.93 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 6689 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 6690 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gbrz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC.