M2.6 earthquake 16 km W of Laimós, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16 km W of Laimós, Greece on Thu, Oct 26, 2000, 11:44 PM GMT+2 (21:44 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-26 21:44:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.838° N, 20.946° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.28 km S of Ohrid, North Macedonia · 9468 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.511 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece · 9438 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.413 km SE of Siátista, Greece · 9438 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.33 km S of Rizári, Greece · 9434 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km SSE of Peshkopi, Albania · 9423 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Mborje, Albania · 9422 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a2fj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.