M3.8 earthquake 40 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Oct 7, 2001, 1:18 AM GMT+3 (22:18 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 24 km NNW of Sitia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-10-06 22:18:23 UTC
- Depth
- 75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.036° N, 26.655° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 23
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.933 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9125 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.640 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9123 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.843 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9122 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.926 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9112 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.765 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9100 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.843 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9097 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.927 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9075 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.024 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 9075 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.831 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 9069 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 3.989 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 9127 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.79 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9131 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.871 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9137 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.729 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9149 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.714 km W of Sitia, Greece · 9150 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aqbe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.