M3.6 earthquake 47 km W of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 47 km W of Kýthira, Greece on Sun, Dec 15, 2002, 2:38 AM GMT+2 (00:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 84 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
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-15 00:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.120° N, 22.460° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.352 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8686 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.545 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8686 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.284 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8686 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.142 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8682 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.5southern Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.331 km SSE of Gýtheio, Greece · 8673 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.044 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 8670 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.325 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8668 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8665 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.126 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8662 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.357 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8647 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.282 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8646 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.129 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8640 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.439 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.67 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.155 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8634 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 3.443 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8690 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.769 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8711 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.739 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8711 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.868 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8712 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.262 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8714 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.570 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8716 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkqm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.