M3.0 earthquake 12 km SW of Nestório, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Nestório, Greece on Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 6:40 AM GMT+2 (04:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 6 km NE of Korçë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-08 04:40:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.330° N, 20.970° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.312 km ENE of Pogradec, Albania · 8937 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 8931 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.86 km NE of Korçë, Albania · 8924 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.117 km NE of Gramsh, Albania · 8923 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Kalpáki, Greece · 8921 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Gramsh, Albania · 8902 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Leskovik, Albania · 8893 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.05 km SSE of Siátista, Greece · 8892 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.19 km SE of Ptolema?da, Greece · 8884 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 2.82 km SSW of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 8943 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.918 km ENE of Filiátes, Greece · 8945 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.013 km ENE of Pogradec, Albania · 8946 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.25 km S of Asprángeloi, Greece · 8952 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Leskovik, Albania · 8954 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b1z7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.