Greece earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 24 km ESE of Skýros, Greece

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 24 km ESE of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 12:54 PM GMT+3 (09:54 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km S of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-29 09:54:15 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.860° N, 24.840° 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 usp000gfxf. 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
57°
Stations used
13

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 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.364 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 6603 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.427 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6603 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.549 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6593 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 3.153 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 6610 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.621 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.952 km N of Andros, Greece · 6613 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.648 km N of Andros, Greece · 6613 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.87 km SW of Oxílithos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.310 km N of Alivéri, Greece · 6616 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 3.453 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 6625 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.323 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.530 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6632 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.512 km NE of Yimnón, Greece · 6634 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.823 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6635 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.522 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece · 6636 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.337 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6636 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.736 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6637 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.238 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6638 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.338 km NE of Psará, Greece · 6638 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfxf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.