M4.0 earthquake 16 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece on Wed, Jul 31, 2002, 11:25 AM GMT+3 (08:25 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 27 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-31 08:25:08 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.970° N, 25.920° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.869 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8827 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.620 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8822 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.715 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8821 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.917 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.02 km SE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8809 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.927 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8795 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.611 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.439 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.938 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8775 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8775 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.552 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8839 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.8Crete, Greece · 8842 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.623 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8842 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.95 km S of Profítis Ilías, Greece · 8844 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.647 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8851 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.362 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8852 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7Crete, Greece · 8854 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b92r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC.