M3.3 earthquake 22 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece on Mon, Sep 30, 2002, 4:45 AM GMT+3 (01:45 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 39 km WNW of Kíssamos, 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-30 01:45:44 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.220° N, 23.230° 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
- 9
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.224 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8754 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8752 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.015 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 8750 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.56 km SE of Kíssamos, Greece · 8749 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.425 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 8748 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.556 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 8748 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.126 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8745 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.239 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8741 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.739 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8711 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 3.151 km NNW of Mouzourás, Greece · 8772 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8773 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.031 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 8776 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.924 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8785 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8786 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.260 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8788 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdfd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.