M3.3 earthquake 27 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 27 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece on Wed, Apr 9, 2008, 7:17 PM GMT+3 (16:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-09 16:17:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.080° N, 26.050° 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 usp000g3fp. 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
- 156°
- 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6749 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.513 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 6745 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.54 km E of Vathý, Greece · 6740 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.318 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6739 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6735 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6733 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6725 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6725 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6722 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6721 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.011 km N of Tínos, Greece · 6719 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.113 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6708 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.321 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 6704 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Vrontádos, Greece · 6701 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.218 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6699 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1Near the coast of western Turkey · 6699 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.322 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6698 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.121 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6698 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6697 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6696 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.423 km N of Psará, Greece · 6695 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6695 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6695 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6695 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.949 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 6758 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.645 km N of Andros, Greece · 6759 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6764 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6765 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6767 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6769 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6775 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.32 km S of Pythagóreio, Greece · 6781 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g3fp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:33 PM UTC.