M3.7 earthquake 71 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 71 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece on Wed, Dec 12, 2001, 11:18 PM GMT+2 (21:18 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 113 km SE of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-12 21:18:32 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.406° N, 24.871° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 47
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.994 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9060 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.099 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 9054 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.7109 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 9054 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.08 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 9034 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.971 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9022 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.069 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9021 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4113 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 9021 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.850 km S of Moíres, Greece · 9018 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000augv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.