M3.8 earthquake 23 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 23 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece on Wed, Mar 7, 2001, 4:57 AM GMT+2 (02:57 UTC), 39 km (24 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
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-07 02:57:41 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.410° N, 27.200° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.78 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 9341 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.754 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9327 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.660 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9319 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9317 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9311 days ago · 152 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9302 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.627 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 9294 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.69 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 9293 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9284 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 3.920 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 9343 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9345 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.020 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab1j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.