M4.4 earthquake 4 km ENE of Sárti, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Sárti, Greece on Sat, Dec 27, 2008, 10:09 PM GMT+2 (20:09 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-12-27 20:09:21 UTC
- Depth
- 3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.111° N, 24.028° E
- Region
- Greece
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Atalanti, Sykia and Thessaloniki, Greece.
From the USGS event page for usp000grn7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 85°, dip 60°, rake -109°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 300°, dip 35°, rake -60°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 129
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000grn7 (also filed as us2008bcbw). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.