M3.5 earthquake 28 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece on Fri, Jul 6, 2001, 4:56 PM GMT+3 (13:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 24 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-07-06 13:56:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.950° 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
- 4
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.524 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9216 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.739 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9215 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.324 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9209 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.733 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9209 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.950 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9209 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.993 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9208 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9195 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.483 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9190 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.574 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9182 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.448 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9172 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.826 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9226 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3116 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9228 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.933 km SW of Fry, Greece · 9229 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.619 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 9231 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.857 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9234 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aj2u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.