Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 25 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 25 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece on Sun, Sep 22, 2002, 3:09 PM GMT+3 (12:09 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 48 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2002-09-22 12:09:46 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.850° N, 25.360° 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

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Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.448 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8755 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.131 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 8754 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.018 km SW of Sitia, Greece · 8748 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.747 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8747 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.515 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 8747 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.547 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8747 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.540 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8745 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.446 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8744 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.447 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8744 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.522 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8742 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.815 km SW of Sitia, Greece · 8742 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.718 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8742 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.66 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8741 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.530 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8741 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 3.414 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8741 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 3.534 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8741 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.918 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8728 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 4.026 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8725 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 4.046 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8720 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 3.938 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8775 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.439 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8788 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.611 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.015 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 8794 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.8108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8797 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcw1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.