M2.9 earthquake 4 km SSE of Anthiró, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Anthiró, Greece on Tue, Jan 22, 2002, 6:37 AM GMT+2 (04:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 17 km N of Paravóla, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-22 04:37:14 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.310° N, 21.490° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.317 km N of Paravóla, Greece · 9013 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Deskáti, Greece · 9012 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.24 km SSE of Mataránga, Greece · 9007 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.14 km S of Thérmo, Greece · 9007 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.33 km N of Kainoúryion, Greece · 9000 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1Greece · 8999 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 8994 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 3.017 km NE of Karpenísi, Greece · 9025 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.817 km S of Grevená, Greece · 9025 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Grevená, Greece · 9028 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Grevená, Greece · 9028 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Parapótamos, Greece · 9029 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.313 km WSW of Spercheiáda, Greece · 9035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.011 km NW of Náfpaktos, Greece · 9046 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000awy8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.