M3.6 earthquake 43 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 43 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 6:54 AM GMT+3 (03:54 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-12 03:54:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.790° N, 22.800° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.86 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8937 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.584 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8930 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.243 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8919 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.178 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8916 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8911 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.514 km N of Palaióchora, Greece · 8910 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.332 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8894 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.222 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 8884 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.886 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8938 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 8943 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.529 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8946 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.532 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8949 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.768 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8966 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b282. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.