M3.7 earthquake 37 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sun, May 5, 2002, 7:16 PM GMT+3 (16:16 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km N of Sitia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-05 16:16:21 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.790° N, 26.050° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.983 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8911 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.613 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8907 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.814 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8883 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.249 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8883 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.778 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8872 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8871 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.045 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8867 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.824 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8860 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.735 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8859 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0123 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8858 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b3t5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.