M3.1 earthquake 11 km SE of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Psará, Greece on Sat, Sep 14, 2002, 6:15 AM GMT+3 (03:15 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 47 km SW of Thymianá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-14 03:15:38 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.458° N, 25.644° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.747 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8776 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 8776 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.65 km W of Oinoússes, Greece · 8762 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.311 km ESE of Psará, Greece · 8755 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Psará, Greece · 8755 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.521 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 8746 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.040 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8784 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.238 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.036 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.740 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8785 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8786 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.730 km N of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 8786 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.236 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 8786 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.514 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 8788 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.714 km NW of Vrontádos, Greece · 8801 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 8801 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bc6t. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.