M3.1 earthquake Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in Greece on Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 5:33 PM GMT+2 (15:33 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-23 15:33:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.770° N, 21.970° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.01 km NW of Kopanós, Greece · 9048 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Aravissós, Greece · 9041 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Grevená, Greece · 9029 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.019 km WSW of Tsotíli, Greece · 9029 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Deskáti, Greece · 9012 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av49. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.