M3.8 earthquake 9 km NE of Pappadátes, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Pappadátes, Greece on Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 5:19 AM GMT+3 (02:19 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 15 km ESE of Libohovë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-05 02:19:07 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.380° N, 20.870° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.33 km SE of Koutselió, Greece · 8791 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.810 km NNW of Prámanta, Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.5Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.412 km WSW of Morfovoúni, Greece · 8786 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 8780 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.65 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 8777 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.5Greece-Albania border region · 8775 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Kanaláki, Greece · 8775 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.75 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 8772 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7Greece · 8770 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.018 km ESE of Kónitsa, Greece · 8769 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.23 km SSW of Lepenoú, Greece · 8765 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.21 km S of Kardítsa, Greece · 8765 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.98 km ESE of Koutselió, Greece · 8762 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.514 km NNE of Karpenísi, Greece · 8759 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.19 km ESE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 8758 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.49 km E of Libohovë, Albania · 8758 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 8758 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.29 km W of Kónitsa, Greece · 8758 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.916 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8758 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.713 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8758 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.615 km ESE of Libohovë, Albania · 8758 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0Greece-Albania border region · 8758 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.97 km S of Leskovik, Albania · 8757 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.117 km SW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 8757 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.115 km NNE of Neápolis, Greece · 8749 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Amfilochía, Greece · 8748 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.222 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 8741 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 8737 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 8735 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.21 km S of Kríkellos, Greece · 8735 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.00 km WNW of Kríkellos, Greece · 8735 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.016 km SW of Tsotíli, Greece · 8731 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb96. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.