M3.1 earthquake 46 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece on Sat, Aug 30, 2008, 12:06 PM GMT+3 (09:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 25 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-30 09:06:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.630° N, 24.920° 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 usp000gg01. 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
- 254°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.126 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.918 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 6609 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.136 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 6609 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.118 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6608 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.721 km NE of Kastrí, Greece · 6607 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.148 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6606 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.147 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6605 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.268 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6597 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.824 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.222 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6564 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.126 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6554 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.021 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6610 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.041 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6611 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.124 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6611 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.120 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 6613 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.363 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 6613 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.129 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6614 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.226 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.147 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.024 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6616 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.328 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6617 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.219 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 6618 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.333 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6618 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.336 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 6619 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.09 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 6621 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 6624 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.713 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 6625 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.553 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6626 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.37 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 6630 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6632 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.136 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6632 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg01. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:23 AM UTC.