M3.7 earthquake 3 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece on Wed, Aug 7, 2002, 8:32 AM GMT+3 (05:32 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 18 km ENE of Sými, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-07 05:32:08 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.600° N, 27.170° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.411 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.19 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.85 km E of Sými, Greece · 8797 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.831 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.744 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.66 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8790 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.640 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.535 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 8777 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.518 km ENE of Sými, Greece · 8770 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.38 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8765 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.929 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8761 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b9f1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.