Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 15 km SSW of Psará, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Psará, Greece on Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 8:33 PM GMT+2 (18:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 15 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-02-24 18:33:15 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.410° N, 25.500° 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 usp000fzvc. 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
158°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.621 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 6794 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.17 km SE of Oinoússes, Greece · 6782 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.58 km WNW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6775 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6769 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.359 km NE of Kárystos, Greece · 6766 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 3.312 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6764 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.124 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6763 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.013 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.645 km N of Andros, Greece · 6758 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.949 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 6758 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6750 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6737 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.66 km SE of Psará, Greece · 6798 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 3.316 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.35 km SE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6807 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.231 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6818 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fzvc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.