Greece earthquakes

M6.2 earthquake 49 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Fry, Greece on Tue, Jan 22, 2002, 6:53 AM GMT+2 (04:53 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Jan 22, 2002, 6:53 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2002-01-22 04:53:52 UTC
Depth: 88.0 km (54.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 35.790° N, 26.617° E
Region: Greece
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
6.2	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.15	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
6.1	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary
5.99	Me, energy	Choy, USGS energy magnitude	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

One person died of a heart attack at Antalya, Turkey. Felt strongly in southwestern Turkey and in eastern Greece. Felt (III) throughout Cyprus. Also felt in southern Greece, northern Israel, parts of Lebanon and in the Cairo area, Egypt.

From the USGS event page for usp000awya. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 4.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.8 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 3°, dip 32°, rake -178°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 271°, dip 89°, rake -58°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 390

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000awya (also filed as choy20020122045352, gcmtc012202a, gcmt20020122045352, iscgem2728165, atlas20020122045353). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.