M3.9 earthquake 17 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Aug 10, 2002, 3:43 PM GMT+3 (12:43 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-10 12:43:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.340° N, 26.340° 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
- 9
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.02 km SE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8809 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.927 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8795 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.42 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.831 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.611 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.744 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.872 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8761 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b9n8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.