M3.7 earthquake 26 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece on Wed, May 8, 2002, 5:00 AM GMT+3 (02:00 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 28 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-08 02:00:20 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.910° N, 26.650° 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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.028 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 8912 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.917 km N of Astypálaia, Greece · 8906 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.828 km W of Pánormos, Greece · 8905 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.633 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8905 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.827 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 8904 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.61 km ENE of Chóra, Greece · 8901 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.616 km NW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 8866 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.715 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 8855 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b3xn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.