M3.3 earthquake 4 km NW of Xánthi, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Xánthi, Greece on Wed, Mar 26, 2008, 7:08 PM GMT+2 (17:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 13 km SW of Kamariótissa, 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
- 2008-03-26 17:08:10 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.160° 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 usp000g2dy. 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
- 167°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.710 km W of Elaiochóri, Greece · 6763 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.025 km WSW of Limenária, Greece · 6756 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.525 km NNE of Samothráki, Greece · 6748 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.226 km SW of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 6744 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.813 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6733 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.614 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 6733 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2dy. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.