M2.9 earthquake 15 km WSW of Kastráki, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Kastráki, Greece on Wed, Oct 18, 2000, 3:31 PM GMT+3 (12:31 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km NNE of Kerasochóri, 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
- 2000-10-18 12:31:21 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.660° N, 21.450° 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
- 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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.56 km SSE of Aianí, Greece · 9473 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.08 km SSW of Anéza, Greece · 9470 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 9467 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.916 km N of Paramythiá, Greece · 9467 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 9467 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.110 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 9444 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.99 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 9444 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05 km E of Kalpáki, Greece · 9444 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.17 km E of Pappadátes, Greece · 9439 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.75 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 9437 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Aianí, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.511 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.413 km SE of Siátista, Greece · 9436 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.313 km N of Makrakómi, Greece · 9433 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8Greece-Albania border region · 9429 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Pyrgetós, Greece · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Gónnoi, Greece · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.32 km SE of Menídi, Greece · 9427 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.120 km N of Paravóla, Greece · 9422 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.22 km NE of Filippiáda, Greece · 9482 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Grammenítsa, Greece · 9483 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.510 km NNE of Grammenítsa, Greece · 9483 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.44 km NW of Grammenítsa, Greece · 9483 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Filippiáda, Greece · 9484 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.40 km E of Pediní, Greece · 9486 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Karpochóri, Greece · 9491 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.84 km SE of Kalpáki, Greece · 9493 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.910 km ENE of Kríkellos, Greece · 9495 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Menídi, Greece · 9495 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a21b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.