M4.0 earthquake 53 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Wed, Dec 4, 2002, 2:34 PM GMT+2 (12:34 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 72 km S 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-04 12:34:12 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.740° N, 26.440° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.351 km S of Fry, Greece · 8683 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.794 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.427 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.228 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8682 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.464 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8678 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.424 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 8662 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.410 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8662 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.634 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8662 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.272 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8641 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bk3a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.