M3.2 earthquake 28 km NE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 28 km NE of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 7:14 PM GMT+2 (17:14 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 3.2 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-23 17:14:58 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.340° N, 26.510° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.173 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8679 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.735 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8668 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.666 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8662 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.424 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 8662 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.410 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8662 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.634 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8662 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.748 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8653 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.759 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.272 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8641 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.136 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8638 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.030 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.720 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.711 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.819 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 3.427 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.31 km S of Mokhós, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.351 km S of Fry, Greece · 8683 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8685 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8686 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8687 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.214 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8700 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.053 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8701 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.617 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8710 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bm94. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.