M3.2 earthquake 39 km SW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 39 km SW of Psará, Greece on Thu, Jan 18, 2001, 11:00 PM GMT+2 (21:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km SSE of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-01-18 21:00:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.300° N, 25.230° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.340 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9386 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.347 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 9384 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.435 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.254 km W of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.329 km SSW of Skýros, Greece · 9382 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.343 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9364 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.66 km SSE of Psará, Greece · 9351 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.540 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9334 days ago · 37 km deep · 1 km away
Before
- 3.349 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9392 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.340 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9392 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.239 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9401 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.945 km W of Psará, Greece · 9401 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.625 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 9403 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.611 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 9404 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a7yp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC.