M3.5 earthquake 4 km E of Vathý, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km E of Vathý, Greece on Mon, Apr 21, 2008, 12:37 AM GMT+3 (21:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-20 21:37:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.746° N, 27.039° 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 usp000g4eq. 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
- 95°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.318 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.314 km W of Özdere, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.914 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6738 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 6732 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 6725 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Kokkári, Greece · 6724 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.614 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6721 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.618 km NNW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 6720 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.813 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 6702 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.64 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 6701 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 6696 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6694 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 6685 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Kokkári, Greece · 6683 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.513 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 6744 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.22 km NNE of Mytilinioí, Greece · 6748 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.75 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 6749 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 6750 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.715 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 6752 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Chóra, Greece · 6764 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 6766 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4eq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.