Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 53 km SE of Ýdra, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 53 km SE of Ýdra, Greece on Fri, Jun 27, 2008, 12:42 AM GMT+3 (21:42 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km NNE of Ýdra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-06-26 21:42:57 UTC
Depth
48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.980° N, 23.860° 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 usp000ganh. 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
252°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.07 km NNE of Vathý, Greece · 6667 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 3.351 km SSW of Adámas, Greece · 6665 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.040 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 6664 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.515 km S of Asopós, Greece · 6656 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.755 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 6655 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 3.327 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 6652 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.71 km SW of Kítsi, Greece · 6650 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.116 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 6644 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.052 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 6639 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.810 km NE of Ermióni, Greece · 6638 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.83 km N of Ýdra, Greece · 6635 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.13 km NNE of Ýdra, Greece · 6635 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.610 km NW of Ýdra, Greece · 6635 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.24 km NW of Ýdra, Greece · 6631 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.93 km NNW of Asopós, Greece · 6625 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.232 km NW of Sérifos, Greece · 6619 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.129 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 6616 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.15 km W of Folégandros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.921 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 6615 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.214 km E of Kímolos, Greece · 6673 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.120 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 6678 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.454 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 6697 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ganh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.