M3.5 earthquake 30 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 30 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sat, Oct 26, 2002, 2:11 AM GMT+3 (23:11 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 26 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-25 23:11:59 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.850° N, 26.010° 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
- 7
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.414 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8741 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.534 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8741 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.026 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8725 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.917 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8721 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.046 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8720 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.03 km SSW of Arkalochóri, Greece · 8713 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.053 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8702 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.925 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8699 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.351 km S of Fry, Greece · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.31 km S of Mokhós, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.794 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.427 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.228 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8682 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Asímion, Greece · 8682 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 3.66 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8741 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.718 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8742 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.815 km SW of Sitia, Greece · 8742 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.522 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8742 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.447 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8744 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.446 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8744 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.540 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8745 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.547 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8747 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 8747 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8747 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.018 km SW of Sitia, Greece · 8748 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.131 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 8754 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.448 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8755 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.872 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8761 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bfcc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.