Greece earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 12 km NE of Yimnón, Greece

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Yimnón, Greece on Sun, Aug 3, 2008, 10:18 PM GMT+3 (19:18 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km SW of Oxílithos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-03 19:18:42 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.530° N, 23.970° 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 usp000gdst. 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
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.73 km WNW of Atalánti, Greece · 6633 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.530 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6632 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.3Greece · 6632 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.7Greece · 6631 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.75 km NNW of Aidipsós, Greece · 6631 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.67 km NNW of Kypséli, Greece · 6631 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.510 km NNW of Megalochóri, Greece · 6631 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.216 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 6629 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.323 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6628 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.62 km SE of Límni, Greece · 6623 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.310 km N of Alivéri, Greece · 6616 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6615 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 3.87 km SW of Oxílithos, Greece · 6614 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.711 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 6614 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 3.648 km N of Andros, Greece · 6613 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.952 km N of Andros, Greece · 6613 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.621 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 6610 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.524 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 6609 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.58 km ESE of Tríkeri, Greece · 6603 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.73 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 6597 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.04 km S of Vília, Greece · 6596 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.016 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 6582 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.69 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 3.29 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.59 km SW of Vília, Greece · 6577 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 3.48 km NNW of Loukísia, Greece · 6635 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.823 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 6635 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.522 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece · 6636 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.86 km N of Roviés, Greece · 6640 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.93 km S of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6641 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.56 km SE of Káto Soúlion, Greece · 6641 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.810 km NE of Roviés, Greece · 6643 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.723 km N of Skópelos, Greece · 6648 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.621 km N of Skópelos, Greece · 6648 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.825 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6648 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.37 km W of Prokópi, Greece · 6648 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.027 km E of Skýros, Greece · 6648 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.71 km SW of Kítsi, Greece · 6650 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.619 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 6660 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.212 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 6660 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.010 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 6660 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdst. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC.