M3.4 earthquake 8 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, Jul 20, 2002, 11:14 PM GMT+3 (20:14 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 79 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-20 20:14:38 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.220° N, 22.970° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.533 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 8824 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.439 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8821 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.372 km SW of Mílos, Greece · 8817 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.525 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 8816 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.079 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8813 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.68 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8804 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.56 km S of Leonídio, Greece · 8789 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.260 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8788 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8786 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.924 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8785 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 3.128 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8840 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.226 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8846 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.777 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8849 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.020 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8852 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8852 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.915 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 8860 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b8fb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.