M3.8 earthquake 10 km SSW of Asímion, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Asímion, Greece on Thu, Apr 12, 2001, 2:16 AM GMT+3 (23:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 24 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-11 23:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.960° N, 25.030° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.024 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 9304 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.84 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 9302 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.654 km N of Káto Goúves, Greece · 9302 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.555 km N of Káto Goúves, Greece · 9302 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.84 km NNE of Vrýses, Greece · 9290 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.68 km NW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 9284 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.616 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9275 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.514 km NNE of Rethymno, Greece · 9271 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.545 km N of Káto Goúves, Greece · 9262 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.719 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 9262 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.155 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 9307 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.915 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 9310 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.459 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9313 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.715 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9320 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.842 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9332 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ad24. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.