M3.8 earthquake 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Fri, Sep 8, 2000, 12:50 AM GMT+3 (21:50 UTC), 37 km (23 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-07 21:50:14 UTC
- Depth
- 36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.789° N, 26.398° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- 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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.524 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9519 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.179 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9510 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.145 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9510 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.535 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9480 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.743 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9477 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9463 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009zve. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC.