M3.6 earthquake 20 km N of Sitia, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 20 km N of Sitia, Greece on Mon, Aug 5, 2002, 9:51 PM GMT+3 (18:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 27 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-05 18:51:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.390° N, 26.100° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.715 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8821 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.917 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.02 km SE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8809 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.533 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8801 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.927 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8795 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.42 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.831 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.611 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.938 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8775 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.525 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8775 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b9cf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.