M2.9 earthquake 3 km NE of Filiatrá, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Filiatrá, Greece on Thu, Oct 5, 2000, 9:20 AM GMT+3 (06:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 28 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-05 06:20:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.180° N, 21.610° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.329 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 9493 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.111 km N of Meligalás, Greece · 9492 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 9490 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Karátoula, Greece · 9488 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9487 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.510 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.06 km NE of Arfará, Greece · 9485 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.114 km WNW of Pýlos, Greece · 9484 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.311 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9483 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.19 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 9481 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.86 km NE of Arfará, Greece · 9479 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.551 km S of Koróni, Greece · 9478 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.629 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9476 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.922 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 9476 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Messíni, Greece · 9475 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.01 km SW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 9474 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.47 km E of Koróni, Greece · 9474 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.246 km S of Methóni, Greece · 9447 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.420 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 9447 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.713 km N of Goúmero, Greece · 9446 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.25 km SSE of Meligalás, Greece · 9435 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.311 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 9435 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.531 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 9435 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.98 km SSW of Paralía Vérgas, Greece · 9435 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.516 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9435 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.329 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9435 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.914 km SW of Kalávryta, Greece · 9503 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.639 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9504 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Kardamýli, Greece · 9519 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.272 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9519 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.55 km NNE of Zacháro, Greece · 9523 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a19m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.