M3.5 earthquake 12 km N of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 12 km N of Palaióchora, Greece on Sun, Sep 3, 2000, 4:01 PM GMT+3 (13:01 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km E of Kalýves, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-03 13:01:30 UTC
- Depth
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.340° N, 23.700° 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
- 8
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.028 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 9517 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.542 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 9495 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.137 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 9487 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.344 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 9483 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.833 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 9482 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.531 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 9478 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.63 km E of Kalýves, Greece · 9475 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009zn1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.