M3.5 earthquake 45 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Dec 19, 2002, 5:13 PM GMT+2 (15:13 UTC), 29 km (18 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
- 3.5 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-19 15:13:55 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.770° 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
- 8
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
- 4.284 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8686 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.142 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8682 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.5southern Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.331 km SSE of Gýtheio, Greece · 8674 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.044 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 8670 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 8668 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8666 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.126 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8663 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.357 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8648 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.282 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8646 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.129 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8640 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.161 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8628 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.041 km N of Agía Marína, Greece · 8686 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.32 km NE of Chaniá, Greece · 8689 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.647 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8691 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.443 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8691 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.739 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8712 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkzs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.