Greece earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 23 km S of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 23 km S of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Mar 10, 2001, 1:20 PM GMT+2 (11:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-10 11:20:58 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.983° N, 26.251° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Crete.

From the USGS event page for usp000ab6j. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
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Stations used
255

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.336 km S of Sitia, Greece · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.79 km S of Sitia, Greece · 9338 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.729 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9338 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 3.8114 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9335 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.645 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9332 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.842 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9332 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.816 km S of Sitia, Greece · 9330 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.046 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9329 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.823 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9325 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 3.715 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9320 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.660 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9319 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.6Crete, Greece · 9315 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.729 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9313 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.628 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9308 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.498 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9307 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.930 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.638 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9292 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 3.955 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9288 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 3.452 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9339 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.612 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.667 km N of Sitia, Greece · 9359 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.019 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab6j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.