M3.1 earthquake 13 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece on Thu, May 22, 2008, 4:09 AM GMT+3 (01:09 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-05-22 01:09:48 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.250° N, 26.000° 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 usp000g7f7. 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
- 141°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.321 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 6705 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Vrontádos, Greece · 6703 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.218 km WSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6700 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.1Near the coast of western Turkey · 6700 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.322 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6699 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.121 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6699 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6698 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.423 km N of Psará, Greece · 6696 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6696 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6696 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6696 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 6690 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6687 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6686 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Kokkári, Greece · 6685 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.328 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 6683 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Menderes, Turkey · 6679 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.618 km SSE of Marathókampos, Greece · 6678 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.32 km NE of Marathókampos, Greece · 6663 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.335 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6661 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.07 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 6651 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.011 km N of Tínos, Greece · 6720 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6723 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6724 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6726 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6727 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6734 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.725 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 6737 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6739 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6740 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g7f7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC.