Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 34 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 34 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Dec 8, 2001, 7:38 PM GMT+2 (17:38 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 76 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-12-08 17:38:58 UTC
Depth
83.2 km (51.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
34.895° N, 26.341° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.720 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 9061 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.817 km W of Fry, Greece · 9056 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.743 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9055 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.735 km W of Fry, Greece · 9055 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.742 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9055 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.939 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9051 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.642 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9048 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.776 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 9044 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.919 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9039 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 3.642 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9025 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.971 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9023 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.069 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9023 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.831 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 9071 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.024 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 9077 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.927 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9078 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 3.752 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9088 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000au8q. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.