M3.5 earthquake 20 km WSW of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Methóni, Greece on Thu, Aug 15, 2002, 11:34 AM GMT+3 (08:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 58 km SSW of Lithakiá, 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-15 08:34:29 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.760° N, 21.490° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.29 km NNE of Kopanáki, Greece · 8808 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Kopanáki, Greece · 8807 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8805 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.747 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8805 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.531 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 8799 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.526 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8798 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.411 km E of Megalópoli, Greece · 8795 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.210 km SSE of Megalópoli, Greece · 8794 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Arfará, Greece · 8792 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.140 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8790 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.29 km W of Megalópoli, Greece · 8789 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.260 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8788 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.743 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 8787 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.745 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8779 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.996 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8776 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.39 km ENE of Vlachópoulo, Greece · 8774 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.847 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8768 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.049 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8763 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.547 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8763 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.651 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8759 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.35 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8812 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.415 km NE of Arfará, Greece · 8812 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.312 km NNE of Arfará, Greece · 8812 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.525 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 8816 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.540 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8817 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Archaía Olympía, Greece · 8817 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.46 km W of Megalópoli, Greece · 8818 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.514 km NNE of Kopanáki, Greece · 8819 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.444 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 8820 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.244 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8822 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.845 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8822 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.950 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 8824 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Meligalás, Greece · 8826 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.011 km NNE of Arfará, Greece · 8828 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.55 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 8833 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Meligalás, Greece · 8834 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.06 km NE of Meligalás, Greece · 8835 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.30 km SSW of Sperchógeia, Greece · 8838 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0Ionian Sea · 8842 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b9y1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.