M3.2 earthquake 43 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 43 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece on Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 11:13 PM GMT+3 (20:13 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 36 km SE of Géfyra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-30 20:13:48 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.870° N, 23.520° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.611 km N of Chaniá, Greece · 8918 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8915 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.514 km N of Palaióchora, Greece · 8914 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.332 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8898 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8897 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.222 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 8888 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.737 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8881 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.915 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 8864 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.365 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8933 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.86 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8941 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.643 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8942 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 8947 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.51 km S of Georgioupolis, Greece · 8949 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.529 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8950 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b3fk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC.