Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 6 km WNW of Párga, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Párga, Greece on Wed, Feb 14, 2001, 8:36 AM GMT+2 (06:36 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 13 km S of Gjinkar, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

Corfu forecastMore in Greece

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-02-14 06:36:26 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.314° N, 20.335° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt in northwestern Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp000a9ma. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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
142

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a9ma. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.