M3.5 earthquake 57 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece on Fri, Dec 8, 2000, 8:29 AM GMT+2 (06:29 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 20 km NW of Míthymna, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-08 06:29:08 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.366° N, 24.917° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.820 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 9426 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.945 km W of Psará, Greece · 9401 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.449 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 9390 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.039 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 9383 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.435 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.254 km W of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.329 km SSW of Skýros, Greece · 9382 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.226 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 9379 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.032 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9438 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.333 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9438 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.529 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 9454 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.931 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 9454 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.517 km W of Míthymna, Greece · 9455 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5q1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.