M3.0 earthquake 6 km SE of Asprángeloi, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km SE of Asprángeloi, Greece on Mon, Dec 17, 2001, 7:42 PM GMT+2 (17:42 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km NW of Deskáti, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-17 17:42:46 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.780° N, 20.780° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.85 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 9046 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.110 km W of Kónitsa, Greece · 9032 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Parapótamos, Greece · 9032 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Grevená, Greece · 9031 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Grevená, Greece · 9031 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.019 km WSW of Tsotíli, Greece · 9031 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.817 km S of Grevená, Greece · 9029 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.94 km SSE of Anthiró, Greece · 9021 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Deskáti, Greece · 9015 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 8997 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aurs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:26 AM UTC.