M4.1 earthquake 79 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Aug 28, 2000, 12:55 PM GMT+3 (09:55 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km SSE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-28 09:55:34 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.530° N, 26.566° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 23
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.847 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9523 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.179 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9511 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.145 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9511 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.535 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9487 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9481 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.743 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9478 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009z9p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.