M3.3 earthquake 65 km N of Kolympári, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 65 km N of Kolympári, Greece on Sun, Apr 21, 2002, 2:34 AM GMT+3 (23:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 18 km SW of Adámas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-20 23:34:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.130° N, 23.850° 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
- 16
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.243 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8919 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.611 km N of Chaniá, Greece · 8914 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8911 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.514 km N of Palaióchora, Greece · 8910 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.918 km SW of Adámas, Greece · 8898 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.332 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8894 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.222 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 8884 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 3.86 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8937 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 8943 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.51 km S of Georgioupolis, Greece · 8945 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.529 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8946 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.532 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8949 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2vc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.