M2.7 earthquake 11 km E of Prokópi, Greece
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 11 km E of Prokópi, Greece on Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:54 AM GMT+3 (01:54 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-24 01:54:06 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.730° N, 23.620° 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 usp000gfcj. 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
- 169°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.621 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.544 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6603 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Tríkeri, Greece · 6603 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.73 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 6597 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.04 km S of Vília, Greece · 6596 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.947 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6595 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.016 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 6582 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.213 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.213 km NE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.49 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6563 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.211 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6561 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 3.247 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6614 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.87 km SW of Oxílithos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.310 km N of Alivéri, Greece · 6616 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.943 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6616 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.03 km S of Amfíkleia, Greece · 6617 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.444 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6620 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.947 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6621 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.344 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6622 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Néa Ionía, Greece · 6623 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Límni, Greece · 6623 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.547 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.047 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 6625 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.547 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.73 km NNE of Amfíkleia, Greece · 6625 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.323 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.141 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 6629 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.245 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6630 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.148 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6630 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.249 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 6630 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfcj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:27 AM UTC.