M2.3 earthquake 3 km S of Rizári, Greece
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km S of Rizári, Greece on Wed, Dec 6, 2000, 10:06 AM GMT+2 (08:06 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km NNE of Leptokaryá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-06 08:06:35 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.754° N, 22.081° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.28 km NNE of Leptokaryá, Greece · 9430 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Gónnoi, Greece · 9429 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.05 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 9413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.38 km SSE of Aianí, Greece · 9401 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.92 km N of Néa Magnisía, Greece · 9380 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Krithiá, Greece · 9376 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 2.413 km SE of Siátista, Greece · 9437 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.511 km S of Ptolema?da, Greece · 9437 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Aianí, Greece · 9437 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.75 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 9438 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.22 km NW of Néa Magnisía, Greece · 9444 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5kg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.