M4.0 earthquake 36 km SE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 36 km SE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Apr 21, 2002, 12:20 PM GMT+3 (09:20 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km N of Sitia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-21 09:20:23 UTC
- Depth
- 68.2 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.969° N, 26.545° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.737 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8915 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.983 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8911 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.926 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8907 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.613 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8907 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.937 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8906 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.814 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8882 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.249 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8882 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8870 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2wb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.