M3.7 earthquake 95 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 95 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sun, Dec 24, 2000, 9:05 PM GMT+2 (19:05 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 2 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-24 19:05:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.314° N, 26.360° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.916 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9400 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.12 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9400 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.99 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9400 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.70 km SW of Kentrí, Greece · 9400 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.127 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9399 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.053 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9399 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.645 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9396 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.033 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9394 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.141 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9390 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9387 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6p7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.