Greece earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 75 km S of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Tue, Nov 11, 2008, 5:35 PM GMT+2 (15:35 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 81 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-11 15:35:26 UTC
Depth
28.8 km (17.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.325° N, 25.131° 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 usp000gnfj. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.581 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6537 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.743 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6537 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.485 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6537 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.690 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6534 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.937 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6532 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.040 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6511 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.396 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6509 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.188 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6506 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.762 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6545 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.984 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6545 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.222 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6565 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.917 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6567 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.824 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6567 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6567 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gnfj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.