Greece earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 10 km ESE of Melíti, Greece

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Melíti, Greece on Fri, Oct 6, 2000, 3:33 PM GMT+3 (12:33 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-10-06 12:33:13 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.805° N, 21.702° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.93 km SW of Pentálofos, Greece · 9493 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.14 km N of Síndos, Greece · 9491 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.33 km S of Néa Mesimvría, Greece · 9491 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.54 km NW of Néa Magnisía, Greece · 9489 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.04 km N of Síndos, Greece · 9475 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.56 km SSE of Aianí, Greece · 9473 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.616 km W of Laimós, Greece · 9473 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.28 km S of Ohrid, North Macedonia · 9466 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.22 km NW of Néa Magnisía, Greece · 9443 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.14 km NE of Aianí, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.511 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.413 km SE of Siátista, Greece · 9436 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 1.56 km WSW of Kilkís, Greece · 9498 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1bm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.