M2.9 earthquake 10 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece on Wed, Oct 10, 2001, 4:32 PM GMT+3 (13:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 38 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-10-10 13:32:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.770° N, 20.610° 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.04 km NNW of Kainoúryion, Greece · 9114 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.40 km NW of Néa Seléfkeia, Greece · 9101 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.14 km NNW of Néa Seléfkeia, Greece · 9085 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.63 km SE of Valsamáta, Greece · 9083 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.838 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9077 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 3.122 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9122 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.018 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 9123 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.327 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 9123 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.85 km W of Pediní, Greece · 9126 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.15 km S of Menídi, Greece · 9137 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aqn0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC.