M3.0 earthquake 5 km SE of Póros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Póros, Greece on Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 9:21 PM GMT+3 (18:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 18 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-18 18:21:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.110° N, 20.810° 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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.06 km NNW of Sámi, Greece · 8930 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8929 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.110 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 8926 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.534 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 8926 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.317 km WSW of Zacháro, Greece · 8926 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.22 km W of Lálas, Greece · 8926 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Vrachnaíika, Greece · 8924 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9Greece · 8924 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.912 km WNW of Náfpaktos, Greece · 8924 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1Greece · 8921 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.824 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 8921 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.529 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 8920 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.229 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 8920 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.015 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 8920 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8916 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.96 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8914 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.02 km N of Vartholomió, Greece · 8912 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Vartholomió, Greece · 8912 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.05 km N of Lepenoú, Greece · 8909 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.90 km NNW of Triandaíika, Greece · 8908 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.642 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8908 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.918 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8906 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.913 km SW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 8905 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.09 km ENE of Monastiráki, Greece · 8891 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Río, Greece · 8891 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Kandíla, Greece · 8891 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.3southern Greece · 8889 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.78 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 8881 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.611 km N of Katastárion, Greece · 8879 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.612 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 8874 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8874 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.933 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8873 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.340 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8873 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.628 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8933 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.13 km W of Préveza, Greece · 8933 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.110 km WNW of Préveza, Greece · 8933 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.99 km NNW of Sámi, Greece · 8935 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Kyllíni, Greece · 8936 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.437 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8939 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.249 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8942 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.56 km NW of Kyllíni, Greece · 8944 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.87 km SE of Sámi, Greece · 8946 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.43 km WSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8946 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.97 km ESE of Gavaloú, Greece · 8948 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.03 km NW of Gavaloú, Greece · 8948 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.826 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8950 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.1Ionian Sea · 8955 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2pm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.