M3.0 earthquake 21 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece on Fri, Dec 22, 2000, 4:16 AM GMT+2 (02:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 8 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-22 02:16:55 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.020° N, 20.340° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.38 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9409 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.123 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 9395 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.227 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9383 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 9377 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.119 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9377 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.447 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9375 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.044 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9367 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.33 km NE of Lixoúri, Greece · 9367 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.330 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 9366 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.38 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 9365 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.631 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9365 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.115 km NNE of Vanáton, Greece · 9363 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.713 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 9363 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.218 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9357 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 3.219 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9417 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.718 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 9417 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.818 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9419 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.016 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9419 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9421 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.335 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9427 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.414 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 9430 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.74 km S of Gastoúni, Greece · 9430 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.520 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 9432 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.7southern Greece · 9432 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.610 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 9433 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.329 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9435 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.516 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9435 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.264 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 9442 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6hh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.