Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 1 km SSE of Río, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Río, Greece on Tue, Aug 5, 2008, 8:06 AM GMT+3 (05:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 3 km NNE of Savália, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-05 05:06:09 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.280° N, 21.790° 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 usp000gdvg. 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
106°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.511 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6633 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.92 km SSE of Gastoúni, Greece · 6633 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.812 km SW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6633 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.22 km NNW of Savália, Greece · 6632 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.24 km NNW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6632 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 3.110 km SSE of Limnokhórion, Greece · 6631 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.910 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6631 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.15 km NNW of Astakós, Greece · 6631 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.35 km ENE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6631 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.815 km SSW of Kalávryta, Greece · 6631 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.72 km ESE of Limnokhórion, Greece · 6631 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.313 km SSE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 6630 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.99 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6630 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 3.14 km SE of Vrachnaíika, Greece · 6630 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 3.112 km NE of Xylókastro, Greece · 6630 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.07 km WSW of Sikyón, Greece · 6630 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.23 km NE of Stános, Greece · 6630 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.714 km N of Kamárai, Greece · 6630 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.713 km SSE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 6630 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.814 km E of Thérmo, Greece · 6629 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.94 km ESE of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6628 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 3.16 km NNE of Kyllíni, Greece · 6628 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 3.311 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 6628 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.99 km NNW of Kamárai, Greece · 6627 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 3.410 km S of Spercheiáda, Greece · 6627 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.89 km ESE of Lápas, Greece · 6627 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.99 km WNW of Koutsopódi, Greece · 6626 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.73 km NNE of Amfíkleia, Greece · 6625 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 3.3Greece · 6625 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.324 km NNW of Kyllíni, Greece · 6625 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.07 km E of Náfpaktos, Greece · 6624 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 3.29 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6624 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 3.28 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 6624 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.77 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 6624 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.812 km WSW of Antikyra, Greece · 6623 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 3.22 km SSW of Vrachnaíika, Greece · 6623 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.610 km NW of Xylókastro, Greece · 6622 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.87 km NNW of Xylókastro, Greece · 6622 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.911 km NNW of Náfpaktos, Greece · 6622 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 3.11 km E of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6621 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 3.012 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 6621 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.512 km ESE of Néa Manoláda, Greece · 6621 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 3.12 km ENE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6621 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.98 km ENE of Témeni, Greece · 6620 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 3.02 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 6620 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.24 km SE of Limnokhórion, Greece · 6619 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 3.13 km W of Náfpaktos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 3.23 km E of Zakynthos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 3.24 km N of Kamárai, Greece · 6619 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.96 km NE of Kamárai, Greece · 6619 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 3.25 km N of Kamárai, Greece · 6619 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 3.08 km NNE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6618 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 3.112 km NE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6618 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.615 km SW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6618 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.611 km WNW of Kalávryta, Greece · 6618 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 4.33 km NNE of Savália, Greece · 6618 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.91 km NE of Mindilóglion, Greece · 6618 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 3.43 km SSE of Traganón, Greece · 6617 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 3.03 km S of Amfíkleia, Greece · 6617 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.16 km N of Kamárai, Greece · 6617 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 3.213 km S of Astakós, Greece · 6634 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.417 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 6634 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.09 km NW of Manoláda, Greece · 6634 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.97 km SE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6634 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.23 km SSE of Kréstena, Greece · 6635 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.25 km S of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6635 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.75 km SE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6635 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.013 km NW of Kyllíni, Greece · 6635 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.04 km S of Kréstena, Greece · 6635 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.23 km SSW of Kréstena, Greece · 6635 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.98 km NE of Rododáfni, Greece · 6635 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.110 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 6635 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 3.04 km SW of Vrachnaíika, Greece · 6635 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 3.00 km ESE of Royítika, Greece · 6636 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.05 km NE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6637 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 3.111 km NE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 6637 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.14 km SSW of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 6637 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.910 km NE of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 6637 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 3.15 km NE of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 6638 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.818 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 6638 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdvg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC.