M3.6 earthquake 59 km SE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Palekastro, Greece on Wed, May 30, 2001, 12:09 PM GMT+3 (09:09 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 116 km SSE 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
- 2001-05-30 09:09:09 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.760° N, 26.630° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.694 km S of Fry, Greece · 9254 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.619 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 9231 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.933 km SW of Fry, Greece · 9229 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3116 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9228 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.528 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9219 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.739 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9215 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.950 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9208 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.993 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9207 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000afsr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC.