M4.1 earthquake 45 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Tue, Sep 19, 2000, 9:01 PM GMT+3 (18:01 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 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-19 18:01:24 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.804° N, 26.409° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.535 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9485 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9485 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9480 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.743 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9477 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.912 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9461 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.179 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9510 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.524 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9519 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.847 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9521 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.179 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9532 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.499 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9537 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0hm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.