M2.6 earthquake 14 km WNW of Galatás, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Galatás, Greece on Sat, Sep 28, 2002, 2:12 AM GMT+3 (23:12 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km SSW of Xylókastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-27 23:12:30 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.570° N, 23.310° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.71 km NE of Kokkónion, Greece · 8764 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.49 km ENE of Xylókastro, Greece · 8761 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.25 km NW of Perachóra, Greece · 8761 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.72 km S of Thrakomakedónes, Greece · 8761 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 8760 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.08 km NNE of Geráki, Greece · 8754 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.82 km N of Rafína, Greece · 8750 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Aghios Panteleímon, Greece · 8750 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 8746 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.69 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 8740 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.31 km W of Ekáli, Greece · 8716 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.43 km NNW of Acharnés, Greece · 8715 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Greece · 8714 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Xylókastro, Greece · 8714 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.011 km SSW of Xylókastro, Greece · 8713 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.73 km S of Avlónas, Greece · 8713 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Xylókastro, Greece · 8710 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.012 km NW of Galatás, Greece · 8770 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.211 km N of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 8777 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.912 km SSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 8780 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km S of Leonídio, Greece · 8789 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.56 km S of Leonídio, Greece · 8789 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.411 km E of Megalópoli, Greece · 8795 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Galatás, Greece · 8796 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.95 km ESE of Póros, Greece · 8796 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Magoúla, Greece · 8796 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Áyios Vasílios, Greece · 8798 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bd9b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC.