M3.6 earthquake 21 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece on Thu, Dec 7, 2000, 11:14 AM GMT+2 (09:14 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 26 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-07 09:14:38 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 26.890° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.814 km SE of Kos, Greece · 9419 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Kálymnos, Greece · 9415 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.212 km E of Sými, Greece · 9400 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.519 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9397 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.026 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9394 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.666 km SSW of Astypálaia, Greece · 9388 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.720 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 9379 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5na. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.