Greece earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 11 km S of Arkoúdi, Greece

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 11 km S of Arkoúdi, Greece on Mon, Dec 2, 2002, 6:58 AM GMT+2 (04:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Mon, Dec 2, 2002, 6:58 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2002-12-02 04:58:55 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.747° N, 21.087° E
Region: Greece
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5666), matched to this event by time and place.

Injuries: 17
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses destroyed: 8
Houses damaged: 100

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA’s full record of this earthquake

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 30.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 36°, dip 56°, rake -160°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 294°, dip 73°, rake -36°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 234

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bjwy (also filed as atlas20021202045800, atlas20021202045855, gcmtb120202c, gcmt20021202045855, iscgem6250915). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.