M4.0 earthquake 20 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 20 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece on Wed, Sep 4, 2002, 9:21 PM GMT+3 (18:21 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 65 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-04 18:21:39 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.030° N, 24.220° 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
- 94
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.765 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8788 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.439 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.312 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8787 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.228 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8780 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8774 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8752 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.56 km SE of Kíssamos, Greece · 8750 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.347 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8743 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.516 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 8735 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb8f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.