M3.5 earthquake 35 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 35 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece on Fri, Oct 13, 2000, 9:28 PM GMT+3 (18:28 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-13 18:28:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.130° N, 26.640° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9485 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9480 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.553 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9477 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.743 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9477 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.912 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9461 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.025 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 9455 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.757 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9452 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.551 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9452 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9105 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9445 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1qx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.