M3.0 earthquake 22 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 22 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece on Sun, Jun 29, 2008, 5:05 AM GMT+3 (02:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 35 km NW of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-06-29 02:05:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.390° N, 25.770° 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 usp000gawr. 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
- 139°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.439 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6663 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.635 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 6620 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.419 km WSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6617 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.038 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 6670 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6671 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.121 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.541 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.819 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6696 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.411 km NNE of Ezine, Turkey · 6698 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.137 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6699 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.339 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6699 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gawr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:11 AM UTC.