M2.5 earthquake 45 km N of Patitírion, Greece
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 45 km N of Patitírion, Greece on Thu, May 3, 2001, 8:58 AM GMT+3 (05:58 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-05-03 05:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.553° N, 23.805° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.029 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 9279 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.721 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 9272 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 9271 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 9256 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.11 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 9246 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Roviés, Greece · 9235 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.27 km SSE of Istiaía, Greece · 9283 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.410 km NE of Áfytos, Greece · 9284 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.641 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 9287 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 9292 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 9299 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.117 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 9302 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.837 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 9304 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aebv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.