M3.0 earthquake 3 km E of Ástros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km E of Ástros, Greece on Sun, Sep 23, 2001, 3:33 AM GMT+3 (00:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 10 km SW of Vília, 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
- 2001-09-23 00:33:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.410° N, 22.760° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.12 km N of Meligalás, Greece · 9139 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.113 km N of Xylókastro, Greece · 9136 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.912 km N of Vlachópoulo, Greece · 9126 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.32 km NW of Kopanáki, Greece · 9126 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.812 km NW of Kopanáki, Greece · 9126 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.6southern Greece · 9114 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.3southern Greece · 9114 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.510 km SW of Vília, Greece · 9107 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.66 km WNW of Vília, Greece · 9107 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.611 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 9107 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.77 km S of Kaparéllion, Greece · 9107 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.79 km SW of Vília, Greece · 9107 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Vília, Greece · 9106 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Kardamýli, Greece · 9104 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.012 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 9103 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.11 km SSE of Kyparissía, Greece · 9103 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 9092 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Asopós, Greece · 9088 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.114 km SSE of Galaxídhion, Greece · 9087 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.06 km NE of Kyparissía, Greece · 9143 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.711 km WSW of Meligalás, Greece · 9144 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.83 km ESE of Kopanáki, Greece · 9144 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.87 km ESE of Kyparissía, Greece · 9145 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.09 km N of Kyparissía, Greece · 9146 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.27 km S of Kyparissía, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9southern Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.42 km E of Kopanáki, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Meligalás, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Meligalás, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.05 km E of Kyparissía, Greece · 9147 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.410 km S of Zacháro, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.96 km ESE of Kopanáki, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.82 km E of Meligalás, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.56 km SE of Kopanáki, Greece · 9147 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.70 km ESE of Kopanáki, Greece · 9148 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
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