M3.3 earthquake 32 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 32 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, May 25, 2002, 3:31 PM GMT+3 (12:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 15 km ENE 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
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-25 12:31:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.900° N, 23.180° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8894 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.222 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 8884 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.737 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8877 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.915 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 8860 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.566 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8859 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8852 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.020 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8852 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.777 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8849 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.226 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8846 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.56 km NNW of Agía Marína, Greece · 8845 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.731 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8844 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.128 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8840 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.48 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8838 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 3.514 km N of Palaióchora, Greece · 8910 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8911 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.611 km N of Chaniá, Greece · 8914 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.178 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8916 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.243 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8919 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b4y9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.