M2.9 earthquake 24 km W of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 24 km W of Kýthira, Greece on Wed, Sep 11, 2002, 9:16 PM GMT+3 (18:16 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 86 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
- 2.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-11 18:16:04 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.190° N, 22.720° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4104 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.031 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 8776 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.322 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 8767 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.224 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8755 days ago · 58 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.08 km NNE of Geráki, Greece · 8754 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.015 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 8750 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.425 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 8748 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8747 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.887 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8746 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.126 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8745 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.239 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8741 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.480 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 8729 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bc0j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.