M3.5 earthquake 35 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 35 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece on Mon, Sep 23, 2002, 8:47 PM GMT+3 (17:47 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 22 km ENE of Samothráki, 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
- 2002-09-23 17:47:23 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.020° N, 25.430° 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
- 13
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
- 3.327 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8771 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.448 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 8769 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.132 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8768 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.822 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece · 8766 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 3.836 km WSW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8775 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8788 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.337 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8801 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.736 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8801 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.533 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8802 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcyx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.