Greece earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 48 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Oct 12, 2002, 8:58 AM GMT+3 (05:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Oct 12, 2002, 8:58 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2002-10-12 05:58:50 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.772° N, 26.371° E
Region: Greece
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.38	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Crete.

From the USGS event page for usp000bebt. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 250°, dip 29°, rake 2°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 158°, dip 89°, rake 119°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 362

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bebt (also filed as gcmtb101202d, gcmt20021012055850, iscgem3485794). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.