M3.4 earthquake 8 km NNE of Samos, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Samos, Greece on Tue, Dec 31, 2002, 9:57 PM GMT+2 (19:57 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km SSE of Kemalpa?a, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-31 19:57:41 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.830° N, 27.000° 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
- 6
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.414 km S of Marathókampos, Greece · 8666 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.612 km SSE of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 8659 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.410 km NNE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8641 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.67 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.68 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.21 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.53 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bmt9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.