Greece earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 14 km W of Sitia, Greece

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 14 km W of Sitia, Greece on Thu, Sep 13, 2001, 6:42 PM GMT+3 (15:42 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-09-13 15:42:51 UTC
Depth
55.2 km (34.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.187° N, 25.953° 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 the Agios Nikolaos area.

From the USGS event page for usp000ap47. 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

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used
309

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.729 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9149 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.562 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9147 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.613 km NNE of Anógeia, Greece · 9144 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.921 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9144 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.722 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9143 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.79 km W of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9131 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.840 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9126 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.025 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 9125 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.921 km WSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 9125 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.933 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 9125 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 3.843 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9122 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 3.926 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9112 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 3.765 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9100 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.843 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9097 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 3.632 km N of Káto Goúves, Greece · 9160 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.448 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9170 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ap47. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.