M2.9 earthquake 17 km SSE of Skiáthos, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Skiáthos, Greece on Sat, Oct 7, 2000, 7:52 AM GMT+3 (04:52 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-07 04:52:00 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.007° N, 23.540° 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
- 12
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.010 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 9488 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.80 km SSE of Polydéndri, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.015 km ESE of Tríkeri, Greece · 9481 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 9481 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.92 km S of Markópoulo Oropoú, Greece · 9477 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.810 km E of Áyioi Apóstoloi, Greece · 9474 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.34 km S of Asopía, Greece · 9469 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.70 km WNW of Varybóbi, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 9435 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1cw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.