M3.7 earthquake 114 km S of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 114 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Mon, Dec 18, 2000, 10:47 PM GMT+2 (20:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 93 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-18 20:47:38 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.980° N, 24.990° 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
- 18
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.593 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 9418 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.093 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 9400 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.053 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9399 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.856 km S of Moíres, Greece · 9375 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 9363 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a69x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.