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M5.5 earthquake 6 km SE of Kopanáki, Greece

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 6 km SE of Kopanáki, Greece on Sun, Sep 16, 2001, 5:00 AM GMT+3 (02:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Sep 16, 2001, 5:00 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2001-09-16 02:00:47 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.244° N, 21.873° E
Region: Greece
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.5	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.44	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Minor damage to older buildings in the Malta-Meropi-Loutro area.

From the USGS event page for usp000ap8j. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 15.7% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 130°, dip 40°, rake -86°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 305°, dip 50°, rake -94°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 293

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ap8j (also filed as gcmtb091601a, atlas20010916020047, iscgem2060608, atlas20010916020050). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC.