M2.3 earthquake 8 km SSE of Aianí, Greece
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Aianí, Greece on Sun, Jan 7, 2001, 5:27 AM GMT+2 (03:27 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km NNW of Livaderó, 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
- 2001-01-07 03:27:15 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.087° N, 21.842° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.38 km S of Morfovoúni, Greece · 9395 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.211 km S of Morfovoúni, Greece · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Morfovoúni, Greece · 9390 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.411 km NE of Koutselió, Greece · 9373 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.319 km NE of Agiá, Greece · 9364 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.11 km NE of Krókos, Greece · 9356 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.514 km E of Grevená, Greece · 9352 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.68 km NNW of Livaderó, Greece · 9352 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 2.05 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 9411 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Mborje, Albania · 9420 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Gónnoi, Greece · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Pyrgetós, Greece · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Leptokaryá, Greece · 9428 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a78c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC.