M3.2 earthquake 29 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece on Mon, Aug 13, 2001, 1:47 PM GMT+3 (10:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 38 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-13 10:47:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.720° N, 20.400° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.18 km SSE of Argostólion, Greece · 9178 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.25 km S of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 9174 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.438 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.462 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9160 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.125 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 9160 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.326 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9160 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.15 km S of Menídi, Greece · 9137 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.327 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9123 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.018 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9123 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.122 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9122 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9122 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.115 km SW of Rodotópi, Greece · 9187 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.314 km NNE of Katastárion, Greece · 9194 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.113 km NNW of Katastárion, Greece · 9194 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 9205 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.94 km SSW of Gavaloú, Greece · 9209 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000amd2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.