M3.6 earthquake 38 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 38 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece on Wed, Apr 25, 2001, 10:57 PM GMT+3 (19:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 55 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-25 19:57:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.860° N, 26.160° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.955 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9287 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.616 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9274 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.941 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9267 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.659 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 9257 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.694 km S of Fry, Greece · 9254 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.857 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9234 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.930 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.498 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9306 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.628 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9308 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.459 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9312 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.729 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9313 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.6Crete, Greece · 9314 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.715 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9319 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000adym. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:28 AM UTC.