M3.4 earthquake 97 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 97 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 2:00 AM GMT+2 (00:00 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 15 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-11-12 00:00:35 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.780° N, 22.010° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.992 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 9049 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.415 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 9031 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.244 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 9091 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9117 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 9094 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.170 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 9098 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.731 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 9099 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.254 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 9099 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.687 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 9117 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.033 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 9118 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000asq1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC.