Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 79 km S of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Tue, May 20, 2008, 7:04 PM GMT+3 (16:04 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 82 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-20 16:04:27 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.290° N, 25.050° 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 usp000g7b3. 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
115°
Stations used
109

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.618 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6710 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.688 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6710 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.129 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6710 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.221 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6710 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.382 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.786 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6709 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.7103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6708 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.097 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6704 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.131 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6703 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.149 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6701 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.482 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6701 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 3.430 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6700 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.492 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6699 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.6116 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6693 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.628 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6685 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.529 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6685 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.241 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6681 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.0Crete, Greece · 6679 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.721 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6677 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.15 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6677 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 3.780 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6675 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 3.313 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6674 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.732 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6672 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.319 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 6670 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.714 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6668 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 3.133 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6658 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 3.035 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6658 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 3.451 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6657 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 3.130 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6656 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 3.476 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6655 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 3.020 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6653 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 3.229 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 6652 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.118 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6652 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 3.976 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6650 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 3.494 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6650 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.435 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6650 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.382 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6710 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.412 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6710 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.19 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6712 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.022 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6712 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.313 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6714 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.729 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 6714 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.926 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6714 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.436 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6714 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 3.480 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6715 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.721 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 6716 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.929 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 6716 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.928 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 6716 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.043 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6718 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.719 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6718 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.525 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6718 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.327 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6719 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.823 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6719 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 3.220 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 6719 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 3.429 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6721 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.158 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6723 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g7b3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.