M3.0 earthquake 1 km NW of Kopanós, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Kopanós, Greece on Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 5:36 PM GMT+2 (15:36 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-23 15:36:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.640° N, 22.120° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.07 km NNE of Aravissós, Greece · 9045 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Grevená, Greece · 9032 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Grevená, Greece · 9032 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.019 km WSW of Tsotíli, Greece · 9032 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.817 km S of Grevená, Greece · 9029 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Deskáti, Greece · 9016 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av4a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.