M3.8 earthquake Crete, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Wed, Jul 17, 2002, 6:29 AM GMT+3 (03:29 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-17 03:29:46 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.750° N, 25.090° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.552 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8839 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.016 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8828 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.869 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8827 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.02 km SE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8808 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8797 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.015 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 8794 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.020 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8792 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.611 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.439 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.312 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8786 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b88g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC.