M3.7 earthquake 13 km SSW of Chóra, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Chóra, Greece on Tue, Jun 12, 2001, 4:14 AM GMT+3 (01:14 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 14 km N of Agía Marína, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-06-12 01:14:18 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.590° N, 26.840° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.79 km WNW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 9245 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.814 km NNW of Agía Marína, Greece · 9228 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.014 km N of Agía Marína, Greece · 9227 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.926 km S of Pátmos, Greece · 9225 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.616 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 9220 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.915 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 9208 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000agfk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC.