M3.9 earthquake 47 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 47 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 9:58 AM GMT+2 (07:58 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 42 km SE of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-29 07:58:09 UTC
- Depth
- 58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.760° N, 28.340° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.735 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8669 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 8651 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.334 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8647 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.450 km ESE of Archángelos, Greece · 8630 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.342 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8620 days ago · 79 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 3.616 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8685 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8686 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.960 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8686 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.544 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8689 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.214 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8700 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bmna. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC.