M3.6 earthquake 6 km SSE of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Psará, Greece on Sat, Feb 24, 2001, 9:16 PM GMT+2 (19:16 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km SSE of Plomári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-24 19:16:18 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.480° N, 25.580° 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
- 29
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.019 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 9348 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.540 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9333 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 9299 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.919 km NW of Karaburun, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.78 km SSE of Plomári, Greece · 9297 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.518 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 9293 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 3.116 km WSW of Plomári, Greece · 9354 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.231 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 9355 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.343 km SW of Psará, Greece · 9364 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.212 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 9371 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.828 km NW of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 9376 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa9g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.