M4.4 earthquake 62 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Sat, Jul 20, 2002, 9:53 AM GMT+3 (06:53 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 65 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-20 06:53:45 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.884° N, 23.138° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 118
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.020 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8792 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.4108 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8790 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.765 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8788 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8787 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.228 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8780 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b8ep. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.