M3.5 earthquake 12 km ENE of Filiátes, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Filiátes, Greece on Tue, Jul 16, 2002, 2:40 PM GMT+3 (11:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 33 km S of Gáïos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-16 11:40:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.642° N, 20.444° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.213 km W of Préveza, Greece · 8842 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.134 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 8840 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 8827 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4Greece-Albania border region · 8822 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.833 km S of Gáïos, Greece · 8811 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.47 km S of Nestório, Greece · 8808 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.64 km WSW of Anthiró, Greece · 8805 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.55 km SSE of Neochóri, Greece · 8800 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95 km SE of Menídi, Greece · 8796 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.89 km NE of Pappadátes, Greece · 8791 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Koutselió, Greece · 8791 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.810 km NNW of Prámanta, Greece · 8789 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.5Greece · 8789 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 2.914 km SW of Rodotópi, Greece · 8846 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.17 km WSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.93 km NNW of Kanaláki, Greece · 8853 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8Greece-Albania border region · 8854 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.114 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 8855 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.215 km NNE of Paramythiá, Greece · 8855 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.422 km WSW of Korçë, Albania · 8855 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 8856 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.114 km NE of Paramythiá, Greece · 8856 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Libohovë, Albania · 8864 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Eleoúsa, Greece · 8864 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b87a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.