On June 8, 2008 a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in GREECE and was recorded by BC-ESP seismographs. The earthquake occurred at 12:25UTC time. The P wave arrived at our BC-ESP seismographs at 12:36UTC time.

This strong earthquake struck southwestern Greece (35KM SW of Patras) killing at least two people, injuring more than 100 and leveling dozens of homes. The shaking was felt in most parts of Greece, as well as southern Italy, and is the most destructive earthquake to strike Greece since 1999. A number of aftershocks have also occurred following this recorded earthquake.

For more information on this earthquake, click here.

If you recorded this earthquake at your school, and/or have any thoughts about it that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.