M3.3 earthquake 62 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Jul 6, 2002, 8:32 PM GMT+3 (17:32 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 27 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-06 17:32:38 UTC
- Depth
- 40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.690° N, 26.540° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.016 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8828 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.620 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8823 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.715 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8821 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.917 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.02 km SE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8809 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.927 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8795 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.7Crete, Greece · 8854 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0123 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8858 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.735 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8858 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.824 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8859 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.045 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8866 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8870 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.814 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8882 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b7mf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.