M3.7 earthquake 8 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece on Wed, Mar 7, 2001, 5:00 AM GMT+2 (03:00 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Dodecanese Islands, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-07 03:00:34 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.450° N, 28.040° 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
- 4
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9318 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.532 km E of Ródos, Greece · 9309 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9307 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9287 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9285 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.823 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 9342 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.920 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 9345 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9347 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9352 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.020 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab1k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.