M4.5 earthquake 54 km W of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 54 km W of Palaióchora, Greece on Sat, Apr 28, 2001, 3:06 AM GMT+3 (00:06 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 107 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-28 00:06:06 UTC
- Depth
- 67.6 km (42.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.221° N, 23.081° 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
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.68 km NW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 9283 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6107 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 9282 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.125 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 9266 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.781 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 9256 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 9245 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.648 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 9242 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.259 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 9240 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.536 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 9230 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ae2e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC.