M3.6 earthquake 42 km WNW of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Fry, Greece on Fri, Jan 18, 2002, 7:17 AM GMT+2 (05:17 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 49 km NW of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-18 05:17:51 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.540° N, 26.480° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.249 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9019 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.727 km N of Fry, Greece · 8991 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.644 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8985 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.915 km SW of Fry, Greece · 8980 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.738 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8977 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 3.919 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9037 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.642 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9045 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.733 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9046 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.939 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9049 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.952 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 9051 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.950 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 9051 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.742 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.735 km W of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.743 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000awpd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:32 AM UTC.