M3.5 earthquake 14 km N of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 14 km N of Palaióchora, Greece on Fri, May 10, 2002, 9:39 AM GMT+3 (06:39 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 72 km SW of Palaióchora, 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
- 2002-05-10 06:39:10 UTC
- Depth
- 44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.360° N, 23.700° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.332 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8894 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.272 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8879 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.566 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8859 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8852 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.611 km N of Chaniá, Greece · 8914 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.243 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8919 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.016 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 8923 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.365 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8929 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.731 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8935 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.86 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8937 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.643 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8938 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b42b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.